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Originally Posted by pstinard  (2) Minnie's parents are carriers for a recessive gene for short hair, and Minnie received a copy from each of her parents (more likely). There ARE recessive genes for short hair that have cropped up in Havanese dogs |
If that is the case, I wouldn't be surprised to see that Minnie's parents are closely related. It would be interesting to see the pedigrees of Minnie's parents.