German Shorthaired Pointer Forum:
Gshp markings

We are looking at some puppies and some have white tic on part of the ears, with liver on the heads. Is that ok?

Personnally I cant recall seeing markings lkie that. But if I were you, I went to www.akc.org and looked up the standards. It doesnt have anything specifically about the color/markings on the ears. What does the breeder have to say about the markings?

I am with you on this one. I have been around and raised German Shorthairs all my life and have never seen a pup with ticking on his or her ears. My guess is that this litter was mixed with english pointer.

I have raised, shown, and hunted German Shorthairs for over 20 years and have finished enough champions to have pretty good idea of the breed standard. If I understand, you are describing a liver head, and liver ears with white ticking. This is not only ok, but common. Not neccesarilly desirable though, depending on the amount of white ticking. If the puppies are pretty young the ticking may very well fill in and appear solid liver as adults. All white ears are not ok, and have occasionally been associated with hearing problems in some breeds. I would certainly not disregard a nice puppy because it had some white ticking on its ears!

unless you are planning on showing this pup y do u care? if it is AKC registered then you have no worries about it being purebred