[Rhetts_mama]

I don't get the whole "diluting the black and tan lines" bit that I keep hearing. As long as pure black and tans are bred to other pure black and tans (which would mean knowing whether or not their were any parti's in the lineage), and parti's are bred to only parti's or parti carriers, then how does that dilute the lines? If anything, wouldn't it tighten it up and cause breeders to do a little more research on the lines they came from. And wouldn't that then, consequently, cause breeders to have to be more honest about their lines?

Standing on the outside looking in, I don't understand why breeders of black and tans wouldn't want parti's registered with the AKC. To me it looks like they don't want to admit that their lines may have a "flaw". If the registry is only as good and honest as the breeders, then by refusing to register those pups who carry the parti genes, the breeder is being less than honest. JMO.