HAMMY Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 My mate has just called me his Choc Lab Bitch has had a nice litter of nine pups 6 yellow and three Chocolate. What I can't understand is the Sire was Choc as was both his parents and mates bitch's sire was Choc with Yellow mother. I was expecting the bias to be stronger on the Choclate side. Is this unusual or isn't it that simple? Anyway all are healthy! Hammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Hammy Its all in the jeans (in my case) or genes in the dogs! Just as two white parents can throw up a black child and vies versa, Mind you if my Mrs pavman announced she was about to deliver a little off-white number, I would take some convincing it was due to a relative a generation or so back! Seriously though some clever spark is about to explain the whole thing, but I don’t think we are a million miles away with the gene theory. pavman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Hammy: try here: http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...?showtopic=3066 the same holds true for colour genetics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRDS Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 If labs are like cockers then they do not breed true to colour. In her last litter my chocolate bitch had five black and two golden pups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potshot Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Pretty smart eh - a labrador producing golden retreivers - you could make a fortune....not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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