There is a woman in my agility class that knows everything there is to know about dogs!!! No matter that the only dogs they have are cross breeds - she still knows it all.
We got into a discussion about different colours. The agility instructor has a black Standard poodle bred by a well known Canadian judge. I said that I was at the fun match yesterday and there was a woman there with a nice looking silver Mini. He said he had never heard of a silver. I said I assumed it was some kind of a dilute of probably a black gene.
Then this know it all woman starts saying that silver poodles are cross bred with some other breed (she mentioned a Schnauzer!) to get the silver. And now you can get a silver Lab that has been achieved by crossing them with Weimeraners.
Of course, the woman actually knows diddley squat about colours.
So, just for my own satisfaction - is there a really good site that explains about colours genetics. And some specific questions because I know colour is really complicated.
Are all poodle colours supposed to have black pigment - noses etc. or is it acceptable in some colours to have brown pigment?
What is the difference between cream and apricot. I have seen photos of dogs on here that I think are called apricot, but their bodies look what I would call cream and their ears are apricot.
Do apricots fade and then are they called cream??
What about brown and silver beige. What is the difference between a bad brown and silver beige?
We got into a discussion about different colours. The agility instructor has a black Standard poodle bred by a well known Canadian judge. I said that I was at the fun match yesterday and there was a woman there with a nice looking silver Mini. He said he had never heard of a silver. I said I assumed it was some kind of a dilute of probably a black gene.
Then this know it all woman starts saying that silver poodles are cross bred with some other breed (she mentioned a Schnauzer!) to get the silver. And now you can get a silver Lab that has been achieved by crossing them with Weimeraners.
Of course, the woman actually knows diddley squat about colours.
So, just for my own satisfaction - is there a really good site that explains about colours genetics. And some specific questions because I know colour is really complicated.
Are all poodle colours supposed to have black pigment - noses etc. or is it acceptable in some colours to have brown pigment?
What is the difference between cream and apricot. I have seen photos of dogs on here that I think are called apricot, but their bodies look what I would call cream and their ears are apricot.
Do apricots fade and then are they called cream??
What about brown and silver beige. What is the difference between a bad brown and silver beige?