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Originally Posted by TammyJM  Thanks Donna 
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I know that there are people within this thread that do not breed the standard 100% of the time...I will not name names...I like and respect these people. But can we please agree that one picking and choosing what rules they will follow are no better/worse than those of that breed the parti....no matter how you justify it! Do not preach at us for not following the standard if you are not willing to follow your own words, each and every breeding. I do not care why you say that you do it....I am tired of reading that they are doing it to enhance the color (or whatever reason is being used). You are still breeding an off-color yourself. Heck, I could say..."I am breeding my Livi to pass on her dead-on perfect topline". I am still breeding an off-color, right?? S o why do you, the ones that are saying that we are wrong, get to state your reasons for breeding the colors that you want, but we are the ones that are attacked??[snip] |
Tammy first of all...I respect you as a person, and your beliefs.
The biggest issue, as I see it, is GOALS. There is a difference between breeding a parti and "off-blue" coloring to produce a correctly blue colored dog. To begin,
nobody can breed a perfect dog because it doesn't exist; whether you're breeding standard color or a Parti, there's always faults. But those who are trying to ACHIEVE the correct "blue and tan" color
may breed a dog "not to standard" but it's their GOAL to produce the perfect color that is the issue. As a parti breeder I can see how that seems comfusing or like a double standard, but it's more than the single dog's phenotype (appearence) that determines the color of offspring. They say it's wrong for you to breed a Parti, and you say their coloring is not "perfect" either...but your *goals* are on opposite ends of the stick. Now if a light blue dog is bred without
intention to correct it to dark steel blue, then yes, they're both not the "standard correct" color. (Does that make sense?) Also what is "dark steel blue" to one, may be too light to another. I'm not saying it's always right to breed a too dark or too light coat, but it's a big picture, and more than phenotype. You always have to look at the genetics and decide if your 'not to standard' colored dog matched with the sire/dam will PRODUCE the correct "blue and tan" that the standard calls for. Whereas partis are bred to PRODUCE that white tri-color, which is a fault according to standard. Hope that makes sense.
So in your case, you could breed two traditional colord dogs and still produce a tri-colored offspring. Both parents would have the recessive gene required, but they're not parti colored. You might be blamed for not breeding "correct parti color", but you're breeding two traditionals to PRODUCE parti colored offspring, which is your goal.
I think we must always remember that NO dog is perfect, and we always have to live with some faults and decide which ones are not acceptable. There will
always be disreputable breeders breeding wrong size, wrong health, wrong heads, wrong color, wrong *whatever*, but we all should be seeking and encouraging ethical breeding practices in EVERY breeding program, with the end purpose of BETTERING THE BREED. Friends can agree to disagree and remain friends.
Gosh, that was a lot longer than I meant, sorry.
