[QUOTE=Pinehaven;3639771]I'm not sure why people always tend to think there's some sinister plot, or something unscrupulous going on, when someone asks a simple (controversial) question?
I am sure there are YTCA members who are well versed in coat color genetics but unfortunately I've not been able to find one YTCA members site that gives explanation about the 2 different genes that are causing gold coloring in our dogs. The Show breeders on YT have often referred to the gold coloring as traditionals who "ran" gold as they got older but I've seen no actual and scientifically documented explanation as to how they were genetically "born gold". Maybe I am wrong, we have had the gold question raised here before, I have just not seen the ay and ee genes discussed at length by the YTCA members in the breeders section before.
Here's the lab that I use to coat color test my dogs:
A Locus E Locus Maybe we should all run a full coat color screening on our dogs, I'm sure there would be a few very surprised breeders who didn't realize one of their dogs were carriers for "undesirable" coat color genes. 
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Amen...Some would be VERY surprised indeed!!