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Cocker Specific Discussion => Genetics & Breeding => Topic started by: hils on October 19, 2007, 11:59:09 AM

Title: Solid coat... Inbred??
Post by: hils on October 19, 2007, 11:59:09 AM

Please could someone enlighten me on this.....

I have been told that the solid colour cockers are more inbred to gain a solid coat... is this true at all?

Hilary

Title: Re: Solid coat... Inbred??
Post by: Jane S on October 19, 2007, 04:03:35 PM

Nope, not true if you're talking solids generally. You might however see more close breeding in the less common colours (eg liver, liver and tan) since there is a small gene pool for these colours so the same dogs do tend to crop up over and over again in pedigrees (show-type ones anyway)