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Originally Posted by akcyorkies4u  I gave one to my mom, 3 years ago..His name was Bacon, some one stole him 
Its a double recessive gene in them, a overload of red gold and is a mutation so people SAY.. But I find them PRETTY..
Some people out there will say they are RARE to get extra money but before I had my dog Pepper fixed every litter she had 1. So how rare is that??? I wouldnt buy from a person who says the dog is rare... |
akcyorkies4u.
Both the sire and dam had to carry the chocolate gene in order for a chocolate pup to be born. Did you breed Pepper to the same stud dog? The percentages are correct for the litters you produced - 25% of the pups would not get a copy of the gene, 50% of the pups are carriers of the gene and 25% would be chocolate colored pups.
And yeah, I'd say it's rare - Rare that you found both a sire and dam who carried the recessive chocolate gene. If you are still breeding the stud to other girls, he's passing his gene onto 50% of the offspring and if those pups are breeding.
It just takes finding that recessive carrier and breeding back to another recessive carrier, to produce the chocolate color and if you don't know they both carry a recessive gene, you may find a surprise color in your litter one day!
Some, uneducated in color genetics, may feel that chocolate is a mutation but in fact it is a double dose of the recessive gene that causes the black colors of the dog to be lightened/diluted in color, making the black skin and saddle area, become brown in color.