Quote Originally Posted by Tralee
all of her black on her coat, is tan at the base, or would that be considered brindle, i get those confused

She's not a brindle, brindle is dofferent shades of black, brown, red, etc... in a stripe like pattern. Here's a good site on different brindle colors:
brindle colors

I don't think she'd be considered a sable either, sable is more where the browns & blacks kind of slowly blend together throghout the body of the dog, like you would see often in Collies & German Shepherds and the like.

I think Lady is considered just a black & tan dog, *maybe* with a *little* bit of sable mixed in, but because she doesn't have a lot of sable on her body she'd probably be considered a black & tan, or black with tan points, which is the same thing anyways.