I'd love to say the same, but it's been the opposite here! It depends on genetics, and who inherits what, so variable.
The best predictor, genetically, can be having lots of old relatives!
Mary
DNA test results can be interesting and revealing, and I have no idea how to 'verify' them. I do regret not testing my last mixed breed rescue dog, who died unexpectedly at a young age.
There was always going to be time, and then there wasn't.
Mary
German Shepherds start nearly black, if black and tan, and get more tan and less black as they mature, so that 'black saddle' look so many have. Any GSD in there?
Mary