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MindieRose · 06-13-2009, 06:00 PM

I don't know a lot about yorkie coloring genes, but I do know about horses

With horses, you can get a "double dilute" (perlino or cremello) or just dilute, which is dun. Dun can show up in any coloring of horse, a bay dun will look almost the same as a buckskin, a black dun is a grullo (I have one of each!), there are all sorts of dilutes in horses. I would think, but I am not sure, that similar things can happen in yorkie genes as well. Can you get a double dilute yorkie?

06-13-2009, 06:00 PM	#14
MindieRose Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,280	I don't know a lot about yorkie coloring genes, but I do know about horses With horses, you can get a "double dilute" (perlino or cremello) or just dilute, which is dun. Dun can show up in any coloring of horse, a bay dun will look almost the same as a buckskin, a black dun is a grullo (I have one of each!), there are all sorts of dilutes in horses. I would think, but I am not sure, that similar things can happen in yorkie genes as well. Can you get a double dilute yorkie? __________________ Proud Mommy of Gavin, Ethan, Morgan, Nia, Olivia, and Kiana and baby #7! Also Mommy to furkids: Cleo ,Lola, Lilly Appletini, and Diesel. and Sunny, Ethan's Golden therapy dog in training.