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Old 11-22-2007, 05:02 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by hha View Post
Actually, the "Chocolate Yorkie" is an overload of red gold and is a mutation of our breed and should not be bred as it is a complete loss of pigment.
Complete loss of pigment would be albino not chocolate. Chocolate has pigmented skin (brown/liver colored).

It is not a mutation, it's simple genetics caused by a double dose of recessive genes.
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