[roxy25]

CP is right both parents had to have cream in their background

http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/genetics/genetics.html

 

[roxy25]

Mendel's Law, Punnett Squares and Pedigree Charts will help determine all of this... still, you need to go further back (from Dam and Sire) to figure it all out...

Kpoos do you have the pedigree of your puppy yet ? look on poodlepedigree.com and they have a button to see the colors of the dogs. If you have akc pedigree the colors of the dogs should be listed. But like cp you may need to go back in the pedigree to find the creams or whites or apricots.

 

[roxy25]

Well, I have the names of both his parents so it's not hard to get pedigree. I'll look it up. I'm just wondering about genetics because it's hard for me to grasp and I want to learn.

Ok Kpoos Well the link I gave you will explain it click on part one
http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/genetics/BasGen.html

Basically Black is dominate and will mask a recessive color such as cream. I am not sure about blue being dominant over cream but i am going to say it probably is.( some one can chime in) Looks at the third square on that link.
basically this square is describing a lab breeding but if you just imagine The E lotus gene ( which is for cream, white and red)

The parents could be BBEe , BBEE , BbEe, BbEE this is why the had cream pups.

 

[roxy25]

Any updates spoos4us ?

 

[roxy25]

I know you weren't asking me, but I think I ordered my test after spoos4us and I have my results. I did not do the color testing. I did the NE and VWD. They were very quick and I also chose to add the $7.50 to register with OFA, and I received both of my OFA certificates for the testing today. It still isn't coming up on OFA yet, but my DM test is on OFA(but it was done by OFA). I am interested to see how the color results came out as well, spoos4us?

No problem Kalamama

Thats good you did some health test, We are going to take enzo to this clinic soon we FINALLY found a vet that does OFA ( a friend told use the doctors name but i forgot so I had to find it my self again )

 

[roxy25]

I didn't even know color tests existed. Amazing!

I have a related question but dont want to steal the thread. If a white and a brown had pups would there be a good chance of white pups having liver points? What about a brown with a silver? There is a local lady with a brown dog who also has a cream/white bitch and a silver bitch and intends to breed them.

If the white dog has brown in the back ground and the brown dog has white in its back ground as well then yes some liver noses can come out. If the white dog already has a liver nose then yes most likely some liver nosed pups

As for the silver and browns you would get silver beige i believe.

 

[roxy25]

Thanks. What is the purpose of the color tests? Can one not look at a dog's pedigree to find out the colors in the dog's background?

Yes you can see info in peds , If your breeding blacks and want to see if they carry the Dilute gene for blue and brown this is where you want to check.

I was going to test Enzo but I think i researched enough to know what he was already