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Originally Posted by trishaandtim  The reason for the question is i am supposed to buy a yorkie female from a lady that has a parti male. i know she does not have a parti female, but idk if she has a parti carrier or not. She has like 3 parti in the litter and two blue and gold , but wont know if blue and gold are carriers right? And it works same way with the other colors? |
If the sire of the litter is a parti, then all of the puppies have one copy of the parti gene. The mother would have to be a parti carrier in order for the parti colored pups to be in the litter - they received a copy of her recessive parti gene. The other two puppies who are blue and gold, did not receive a parti gene from mom, otherwise they'd be parti colored too.