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Originally Posted by trishaandtim  Hi thanks for the quick responses, I had looked into that 1st thread before I posted but it was more like a history lesson. =P
So from what I understand they are a gene issue or whatever, but if my 'standard' colored yorkie and another 'standard' colored yorkie got together, would they throw out a parti, and would it be a regular occurence. Some of these people here will have 5 yorkie pups, and 3 of them are parti colored out of the whole litter. And it will happen on more than one litter, I was just thinking, if its a recessive gene things, wouldnt it only throw out a parti maybe 1 every few generations, but some people half their pups are coming out parti colors. Same with the all gold Yorkies. and its making me leery of the sellers. Im actually not wanting the 'parti' colored Yorkies allthough they are cute. But if I ever decide to breed, I dont want it to start spitting out all parti's either. |
Unless your dogs carry the recessive pie bald gene it is impossible for them to produce a parti colored puppy.
The reason you see both colors in some litters...is because the standard colored dog carries two genes. 1 dominant (standard coloring) and 1 recessive. When bred to another dog with the same genetic make up...both must offer the recessive gene for the parti coloring to be expressed (seen).
I have seen people advertising "carriers" for sale ...puppies which are the product of two standard colored parents...and quite honestly there is no way to determine if those puppies are carriers. It is entirely possible the puppy inherited two dominant genes from the parents.