Cocker Specific Discussion > Genetics & Breeding
Breeding for Colour
Jo W:
Can you breed for colour in cockers, or is it 'luck of the draw' somewhat?
Mike:
This is a good thread that mostly answers that question, Jo.
http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/forum/viewtopic . php?t=482
Genetics is a fascinating area!
Jo W:
Thanks Mike. I was interested in how Nikki's Ebbie (solid black) produced Finn (orange and white and very cute).
From what Jane S says in the link you provided I guess that both Ebbie and the sire must have carried recessive parti-colour genes and Finn got them both???
Is colour linked to sex e.g. tortoiseshell cats are only ever female - are any of the colour combinations in dogs linked like this?
Mike:
Yes I think that's how Finn was produced - however, to make it a bit more complicated, Finn I believe is classed as a mismarked Gold - Jane/Nikki, does that class him as a solid then?
No idea about colour being linked to sex - my instincts say no, and that's based purely on having seen most colours/combinations in either sex on this site during the past year.
Jane S:
Nikki's Finn would not be classed as a particolour - I guess the best way to describe him would be gold with white markings but he couldn't be described as orange roan or orange & white as he's predominately gold.
No there's no sex link between colour inheritance in Cockers as there is in Tortie cats - either sex can carry any of the colour genes which is what makes breeding so interesting sometimes :)
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