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Post by Buzzer on Jun 17, 2004 13:39:22 GMT -5
how to get away from glass eyes and odd colored eyes. and does it affect ainy
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Post by HogRipper on Jun 17, 2004 14:24:19 GMT -5
I don't see where it affects anyting but I have noticed that the lines breed for hunting the trait shows up less which tells me that the dogs with glass eyes must not be as good since they aren't used a frequently in hunting lines. Personally of the four catahoulas we currently have the worst of the four, by far, is the double glass eyed one. The two best of the four are both brown eyed dogs. One is bronze and tan colored gyp and the other is the Bo dog I posted. Neither of them were picked because of eye color or any other color for that matter.
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Post by Buzzer on Jun 17, 2004 16:24:48 GMT -5
is glass eyes one of drawbacks of the merle gene?
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Post by BamaBoy on Jun 17, 2004 17:35:53 GMT -5
I believe I read somewhere that it has something to do with the piebald gene. I'll check and see if I can find the book where I read that. Scott
The glass eyes are from the merle gene. Deafness is due to the piebald gene, or a combination of the piebald gene/merle gene. I found this in a book on catahoulas by Don Abney.
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Douglas
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Post by Douglas on Jun 18, 2004 7:44:43 GMT -5
Double merals dogs, I don't breed together because don't want the chance of double glass eyes and white coats with pink noses and possible problems. I have bred a double glass eye dog with one with one glass eye. I would breed two dogs with double glass eyees if they were dark in coat color and both were good hunting dogs. One of my better hunting dogs has double glass eyes. Fact is can get white dogs out of two dark parents and blue eye dogs out of brown eyed parents, depends on what they go back too.
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Post by Buzzer on Jun 18, 2004 21:49:15 GMT -5
cool... i dont know if this is true... but i was told that darker color eyes are prefered cause they can stand the sun better like wearin sun glasses....
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Post by AIMLOW on Jul 5, 2004 20:23:08 GMT -5
i would say the glass eyed catahoulas are some times are bred for show and not hunting reasons. Which would explain why you might expereince more sory dogs with glass eyes. i would'nt think the eye color its self has anything to do with hunting ability directly. Though it probly happends indirectly because some people would breed two sorry dogs w/ glass eyes just to get glass eyed pups.
Waylon
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Post by Douglas on Jul 5, 2004 21:14:06 GMT -5
Waylon, You are correct about why some people breed catahoula, for color of coat and eyes. Just like I have seen some people breed black months because they had a good mask. I breed for the hunting ability and the buck stops there. Last litter I kept a black and tan male with brown eyes for myself. Both parents are great woods dogs so I didn't care about color. I do have two black mouths but neither has a black mask, but they sure can hunt hogs. Love my Catahoulas but you have to know what parents are and expose them to what you want them to do, over and over untill they do it on their own.
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