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Originally Posted by FlDebra  I don't think that will work  I have always heard not to breed the wavy haired dogs. Do you have any examples of breeding a wavy to a straight silk where none of the pups or grandpups showed the wavy hair? I'm thinking " no." I would not breed a wavy haired dog to a nice straight silk -- why would I want to ruin my nice straight silk? That is the epitomie of coat! I think she is sort of showing us her example that it does follow the line (from dad to daughter here). Tell you the truth, I don't have any washed out blue & tan dogs, so I haven't ever tried to bring color into a line as you describe either.
Here's some actual genetics on curly/wavy/straight hair.
If the male dog she is talking about has very wavy hair it may be actually curly hair. A curly (CC) & straight (SS) will produce all wavy (CS) hair pups. If it is just a wavy hair (CS) then if it is paired with a straight-haired dog (SS) -- you can have CS and SS -- wavy & straight haired pups. In no situation do you wind up with all straight haired pups.  I think this is why it is always (that I know of anyway) recommended NOT to breed Yorkies with wavy or curly hair. (Simplified version) |
If you want an answer to your question then you need to go ask some of the YTCA show breeders.
I sure they can explain why they use straight irons to knock out the curl and waves before showing dogs to get that straight shiney look.
Also you might ask them why they breed those dogs with faults....