YOU SAID:
The dog is black and white
INTO JAPANESE
犬は黒と白
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Dog is black and white.
INTO JAPANESE
犬は黒と白。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The dog is black and white.
INTO JAPANESE
犬は黒と白です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The dog is black and white.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.