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Originally Posted by colormyyorkie  I am confused. I have a Full AKC registered parti-colored female Yorkie. She is white with a blonde/white head. The lady that I got her from had 1 litter with her, 5 puppies. 2 parti-colored and 3 black and tan. This is her 1st litter with my male, who is a parti-gene carrier. He has had 4 litters before with my other female. Their puppies have had a lot of white on the chest and belly and the feet were white also. My other female is a black and tan. My Parti-colored Yorkie just had her babies. all black and tan???? So I am very confused as to why she did not have any Parti-colored Yorkies. I thought the rule of thumb was if you breed a parti-colored Yorkie and a Parti-gene carrier you will get 1/2 and 1/2?? I know that it is the male I have that is the carrier because he has had a litter with another female and they had full white chests and back feet were white. Can anyone that is breeding the parti-colred yorkies explain why she might not have had any parti-colored yorkies???? |
How many puppies are in your new litter. Also..since neither of your boy's parents were a parti...what makes you certain he is a carrier? You cannot assume he is a carrier by the amount of white on his chest and toes or that of his puppies. I have a good friend who thought her female could be a carrier by the excessive amount of white she had as a puppy. We bred her to my parti male. No parti's. However, my known parti carrier with less white on her...bred to the same parti had three puppies. Two of them parti's. IMO..it would be very rare for a parti female bred to a parti carrier to not produce at least a parti or two...depending on how many pups are in the litter. I would lean more towards the fact that he is NOT a carrier. JMO