Question on colors

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OntarioSheltie said:
Slightly off topic here but I want to learn a bit more about coloring.

Just some I'm clear, below is a link to a photo of Sadie. Her mother is a sable and her father is a tri color. Does this make her a tri-factored sable and with the huge white rough and white down her legs is she white factored as well?

http://picasaweb.google.com/OntarioSheltie/SadieSAlbum#5234746511214504498
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I think that she's probably white factored.

Yes, she's a tri-factored sable and white, and she's white factored (in my opinion, but breeding to another white factored dog is the only way to tell for certain.)

She's certainly pretty!
 
being white factored means they carry the gene to produce color headed whites. a dog needs 2 copies of the gene to be a color headed white. not realy sure on how to explain it. I am not very good with genetics.
 
ok I found my chart on white factored breeding
non w. f. to non w. f. = 100% non white factored
non w. f. to w.f = 50% non w.f, 50% w. f.
w.f to w. f. = 25% non w. f., 50% w. f., 25% chw
w. f. to chw = 50% chw, 50% w. f.
chw to non w. f. = 100% w.f.
chw to chw = 100% chw
 
JessicaR said:
ok I found my chart on white factored breeding
non w. f. to non w. f. = 100% non white factored
non w. f. to w.f = 50% non w.f, 50% w. f.
w.f to w. f. = 25% non w. f., 50% w. f., 25% chw
w. f. to chw = 50% chw, 50% w. f.
chw to non w. f. = 100% w.f.
chw to chw = 100% chw
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Oh, I definitely get it now! :rolleyes2::o:smile2:

Don't all Shelties have a white factor?
 
BarbV said:
OK - dumb question....what does white-factored mean?
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It generally means that the dog will be really flashy. Lots of white-big white ruff, white legs, white belly, and white down the stifles. (Not always, but usually). They are also the gene responsible for creating color-headed whites (which are really different than double merles.)
 
BarbV said:
Oh, I definitely get it now! :rolleyes2::o:smile2:

Don't all Shelties have a white factor?
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Absolutely not. One time, there was a sheltie color of just black and tan. No white at all-which would mean that no white factor.

Just because a Sheltie has white doesn't make it white factored. If it did, you'd see hundreds of CHW's with registered year.
 
That's the part that I don't quite understand. How much white to make it white-factored?

Two other questions:

I thought merles always had blue eyes. But the merle that I'm looking at (see thread "Having Second Thoughts" where I posted a picture) has brown eyes. She also has alot of white - does that make her white-factored?

Bacca has white legs, ruff and belly - except for a large tan spot on between his front legs and small tan spots on his legs. Not that I plan to show him, but would these spots be considered a defect in the show ring?

Just curious.
 
the thing i get confused on is bi factored tri color...i dont understand that

all i understand is...Bi black, Bi Blue, Blue Merle, Sable, Sable Merle and Tri color and all the CHW and double merles
when you start saying Bi factored Tri or Tri factored blue merle, or mixing up everything i get all confused
 
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