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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Yes, the parti color is thought to be from the piebald gene, and you are correct, it has been shown to cause a problem with other breeds. The YTCA frowns upon breeding for it because of the "unknown" health risks. Many Parti breeders state that there has been shown no increased health risks, but it takes a few years before this is known, and the purposeful breeding of the Parti gene is a rather new phenomena. Since no breed club is backing the breeding of Parti, I doubt if there will be any meaningful research on the subject. Most breeders wouldn't want to hear any negative news, so no news is good news. |
Yes, while many faults can be bred out, it seems like breeding for the parti color is rushing headlong into a lot of potential grief. The details of where the gene came from is irrelevant. Why breed FOR a trait that is known to cause health issues?