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BonBon · 02-10-2009, 01:18 PM

Someone started a thread in the general discussion forum wanting to know what color her yorkie will be based on the parents different colors. It made me wonder, do puppies tend to inherit the colors/traits of one parent more than the other?

bjh · 02-11-2009, 05:36 PM

Coat type and color can be very difficult to predict unless you are breeding lines that all have the same coat type for several generations. When you mix coat types, like one with a cotton coat and one with a silky coat you can actually get some of each coat types in a litter. Even breeding two silky coated dogs can produce a cottony coated puppy if one of the grandparents had a cottony coat.

02-10-2009, 01:18 PM	#1
BonBon Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: With my yorkies Posts: 10,350	Question for breeders Someone started a thread in the general discussion forum wanting to know what color her yorkie will be based on the parents different colors. It made me wonder, do puppies tend to inherit the colors/traits of one parent more than the other? __________________ He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -- Author Unknown

02-11-2009, 05:36 PM	#2
bjh Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 7,959	Coat type and color can be very difficult to predict unless you are breeding lines that all have the same coat type for several generations. When you mix coat types, like one with a cotton coat and one with a silky coat you can actually get some of each coat types in a litter. Even breeding two silky coated dogs can produce a cottony coated puppy if one of the grandparents had a cottony coat.