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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  But it would take both parents having the recessive shorthair gene to get a shorthair puppy? That would seem to make it harder for this to happen.
Seeing the one picture I saw of one of the parents back on her original thread linked above, the ears and face are quite different from a Yorkie's, besides just the hair. Back on page 1 or 2 of that thread there was a picture. What would have to happen in the breeding to have produced that head and face in a Yorkie? More mutations or recessive genes? |
Since the MARS test only goes back 3 generations, I'm guessing that there were some other breeds in the mix 4 generations or more back, on both the father's and mother's side of Minnie's pedigree. You're right, though, there is more to Minnie being an off type Yorkie than just her short hair. But to answer your question, if she does have the recessive short hair gene, it had to be carried by both parents.