But I do wonder for someone trying to avoid the recessive parti gene, how would you do this? Meaning, when I was looking at pedigrees and beginning to learn what lines I like and what look I am looking for, they list coat colors, yet if the recessive gene is present how would anyone know?
I was reading the pedigree to the parti-colored girl that I used to own and every one of her ancestors are traditional colored. So I called a few breeders that breed parti-colored dogs and they said that was true for most of their parti-colored dogs (10 total dogs). So in order to register a parti-colored with the AKC you must submit pictures. Then as I think about it, when I registered her with the AKC I sent he pictures in and requested her coloring, when the AKC papers came back it said blue and gold. I immediately called the AKC and they checked the pictures and sent out new papers with her correct coloring..blue and gold, parti colored. So, if I had not done this or simply did not send in pictures I could have registered her as a blue and gold and who would know. How often do you think that happens? How often in the past with others?
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