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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  I believe that I already went over issues of the red leg, black and running gold. No reputable breeder will breed a dog with runnng gold and if one crops up in a litter, its spay, neuter, plce. And the black or red leg would have to be sooooooooooooooooo outstanding a specimen of the breed to even be considered breeding to. These dogs are not used frequently for the reasons I gave before. Why would you want to breed for "hidden" saddles? |
Ideally, the saddles wouldn't be hidden. Parti breeders are just beginning to learn how to manipulate/improve the coloring and pattern in our dogs. Just as reputable traditional breeders use/used black and tan and red leg in their breeding programs for years to improve coat color and texture, it will take time for parti breeders to learn what breedings will perfect the beautifully marked parti with steel blue saddles.
For a breed that is thought to only be blue and tan in color, we have parti, chocolate, golden, blue born, black and tan, red legs and running gold genes in our lines too ... did I forget any other "off" color genes that are
not suppose to be in our dogs but are showing up some lines?
