I, does anybody have information on dominant and recessive genes for the working cocker when it comes to colouring. i will be looking to breed next year and have started to think about genetics.

my bitch is brown (siblings 4 brown 4 black)

her mum is fox red and dad is black

the ?? stud dog is lemon (siblings various)

his mum fox red and dad lemon

can dominant and recessive genes be worked out

thanks

Click on this link:

http://bryningbordercollies.com/Working-Cocker-Colours

if you have difficulty in working it all out, I'm sure Nat who's website it is will help you, she is a member on this forum.

Breezybrook at January 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM

Click on this link:

http://bryningbordercollies.com/Working-Cocker-Colours

if you have difficulty in working it all out, I'm sure Nat who's website it is will help you, she is a member on this forum.

 

that site is perfect thanks

mum is bb, both recieve genes from parents

?? stud dog ee, both recieve genes from parents

so in simple terms we could get a variety of solid coloured dogs with no black

Not entirely true, you coulld well get black - but that will be totally dependant upon the sire's black/brown gene. A red dog is ee yes but he will also have genes coding for black and brown. If he has a black gene then you could get black pups so long as those pups do not inherit the red gene also from their dam.!

Sorry, I know it's confusing

e.g

Dam is bbEe

Sire could be Bbee, BBee or bbee

Hope you understand!

Jackie

got nothing against black by the way

just dont want 6 of um

Mother nature is a funny lady.

Our last litter, statistically speaking, should have been:

¼ Black, ½ Gold, ¼ Brown with at least half the black and brown ones with tan points......All the pups were golden.

Parents were

Dam: bbee

Sire: BbEe

you can never guarentee what you will get but you can usually tell what you won't get