Jazz1005

Jazz's puppies pictured here at just a couple of days old. She had a smaller litter this time and had 2 pattern whites, (we expected one or two!) and a normal blue merle male and black tri female. The pattern whites have color everywhere they need it, on their ears and eyes. The blue merle pattern white is NOT a homozygous merle. That is a totally different gene and genetically impossible when one of the parents is a tri. Check out the links below for more info on these interesting genetics!

above pics taken October 27th.


Blue Merle Male	Pattern white black tri male	Pattern white blue female	Black tri female

Pictures above taken November 21st!

Above pictures taken November 7th.

Updated Dec. 7th

I have kept back a female out of Jazz & Booger's last litter and at 6 months she only weighs 11 lbs and is 11 inches tall. A friend of mine has the pattern white girl from the last litter and she is also very small!

I've done quite a bit of research on aussie color genetics, but hadn't heard of color headed whites (or pattern whites) out of a merle to tri breeding. I want to share with you what I found! Apparently, since Jazz has heavy ticking, this enhances her chance to throw pattern whites especially when bred to a dog that carries genes for more white trim as apposed to a dog that carries for less white. (less white is a more dominant gene) These dogs are not merle to merle, see her first litter with Opossum, they had a normal litter. (actually with little white.) For more info on this link. Pattern White Dogs For another interesting page, Click Here (Colored Headed Aussies and Pattern Whites)
An interesting thing I found on that page... Minus Modifiers Take some time to look at these pages. They are very interesting! There is a lot of info about other aussie genetics on there too!
Minus Modifiers

Minus modifiers act to remove pigment. White toes on Labradors and Dobes are often the result of minus modifiers acting on an otherwise self colored animal which lacks any white spotting genes. If a spotting pattern is present, such as the Irish spotting pattern (or ticking) in most collie breeds, any minus modifiers present will enhance its effect and may be responsible for collars and blazes exceeding their boundaries.

Click here to see Jazz & Booger's April 2005 puppies!

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