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by VomMarischal on 04 November 2009 - 16:11
That puppy is wild!
by silverish on 04 November 2009 - 17:11
As far as I know there is no white shepherd in my dogs background, I only have pictures of his parents, grandparents and great grandparents though. (Not on my computer) I am not sure of the mothers background, I do believe we are going to breed him with a white shepherd before we fix him, and it will be interesting to see what happens!
She is very healthy and VERY active, she eats like a little pig! She is the runt of her litter, but she is catching up fast! And that is mom and dad, I have the father... he looks a lot light in that picture then he really is, he has typically black saddle and long black tail! Anybody that can get to these pictures can also see pictures of the rest of the puppies as they grow up.
They are now 9 weeks old and weigh an average of 15-17 pounds (panda is smaller, around 9, but she is growing and healthy.. just went to the vet!)
by mikecast1 on 04 November 2009 - 17:11
by pod on 04 November 2009 - 17:11
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by pod on 04 November 2009 - 17:11
by pod on 04 November 2009 - 17:11
Breeding her to a white will produce white only if she happens to carry recessive e on the extension locus. She may possible carry it even if there are no whites in her breeding. A recessive can be carried for many generations, but that nothing to do with the colour of this particular pup.
by DanicaBeckefeld on 04 November 2009 - 18:11
by DebiSue on 04 November 2009 - 18:11
by pod on 04 November 2009 - 18:11
You will need to send in DNA samples and they will no doubt ask for both parents as well as the pup. This will give an automatic check on parentage... something I would be inclined to do for peace of mind (as Galant has already suggested).
One other explanation is that this pup has had an interruption in normal pigment cell migration. A sort of blip in the developmental stage that isn't under genetic control.
by Ceph on 04 November 2009 - 19:11
White coated shepherds...which are really cream coated...are double recessive at the Extension Locus.
Dogs with white spots are affected with recessive alleles at a Spotting Locus.
The pale coat color of the sire is caused by dominant alleles at the Intensity Locus.
No relationship to each other. Like Pod said, unless the pup carries for the recessive "e" at the Extension Locus you wont have extension white dogs. And unless the white dog carries for recessive spotting alleles liklihood is that you'll see alot more color and alot less white on the resulting progeny. As the Spotting Loci are incompletely dominant you would probably see spotting irregardless of the white dog carrying a recessive spotting allele...but you'll see less.
~Cate
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