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Originally Posted by Pinehaven  AKC told me that if a dog has 30% or more white, they will list it as parti colored, but that doesn't mean that the dog is actually a carrier of 2 copies of the parti gene (a copy of the gene from each parent). Even though the dog is being called "parti" it may in fact only be a loudly marked parti carrier who only has one copy of the parti gene, received from one parent, not both. |
Ya know I never saw it explained that way and it makes sense
. Alice was the only pup in the litter that was predominantly white - there were 2 others that had white just on the chest area (like OP's pup
) and the mother had the same white marking but the father was traditional black/tan. So I was leary at first that only one dog was really white, I thought it was a defect
(mind you I didn't even know partis or biewers existed at the time) but I trust the breeder and she assured me it was not and that all 3 of her dog's litters had 1 strongly colored white parti. Interesting stuff
genetics is sooo confusing lol.