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Post by EJ on Jun 16, 2004 0:38:02 GMT -5
How often are "excessive white" pups found in breedings? My Felix dog came out of a pair of VERY dark dogs ..he had one brother that was mostly white..double glass eyes..and was deaf. The rest of his litter was mostly black and grey. Im sure the genes are present in most breeding for the lighter colors to be thrown .... but to those that HAVE raised many litters of Catahoulas ..what has been your experience ?
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Post by Buzzer on Jun 16, 2004 7:27:15 GMT -5
i was just reading up on that.... and i found a real good article on the merle gene.... let me look up the link and ill post
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Douglas
Varmit Killer
Just do it, if it's Right
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Post by Douglas on Jun 16, 2004 8:11:28 GMT -5
EJ,
I try only to breed dark leopards to dark leopards, but I don't breed anything unless it's is a good woods dog.
In leopards you can have a lot of color or not much, my findings in breeding dark leopard are I have a litter of 9 pups I'll have two with lot of white, two blacks and 5 with nice leopard color.
I try to stay away from too much white and only breed what hunts.
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Post by EJ on Jun 16, 2004 10:22:46 GMT -5
If I were to breed full blooded dogs Id breed dark dogs (THAT ARE PROVEN) to help displace the greater chances of excessive white. Im sure a litte bit of white is OK ... but to breed 2 dogs (even if they ARE proven) that have too much white Id think the pups would have too great a chance of having problems ....... Ive always really liked the looks of the red leopards too ......
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Post by catNplottman on Sept 19, 2004 8:59:39 GMT -5
when breeding merles,the blue merle more than the red can bring about "double merling" ,,therefore bringing out albinoism and deafness..Most catahoula breeders aviod dogs with more than a 1/3 white especially around the head..I guess that is why the dark solid colors that once were detsroyed are now being fancied to avoid such problems
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