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YorkieRose · 11-29-2007, 07:11 AM

You can not look at one generation..(parents) It is quite common for offspring to take traits from grandparents...that is why a pup can have a bad bite from two good bite parents...etc.
If you have silk grandparents and parents, the odds of anything but silk is slim, but possible in a small percent.
Breeding a silk parent and soft parent will result in some of each..and the puppies will each carry silk and soft genes..what they are bred with has a big impact on the breeding programs future...you can impact it by going to the soft or silk offspring..

BUT you would not breed to intentionally produce a cotton coat, it was just a question asked out of curiosity, correct?

11-29-2007, 07:11 AM	#6
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	coats You can not look at one generation..(parents) It is quite common for offspring to take traits from grandparents...that is why a pup can have a bad bite from two good bite parents...etc. If you have silk grandparents and parents, the odds of anything but silk is slim, but possible in a small percent. Breeding a silk parent and soft parent will result in some of each..and the puppies will each carry silk and soft genes..what they are bred with has a big impact on the breeding programs future...you can impact it by going to the soft or silk offspring.. BUT you would not breed to intentionally produce a cotton coat, it was just a question asked out of curiosity, correct? Last edited by YorkieRose; 11-29-2007 at 07:12 AM.