I believe that long coats are a recessive gene. Any chi with a long coat would have to have two long coat genes if they have one short coat gene they will be short coated. If one parent is a long coat they have 2 long genes. If the other parent is short coat with one short gene and one long gene their offspring have a chance of being either long or short depending on the gene they recieve. If both parents are short coat they would both have to have one short and one long gene to produce a long coat offspring. The type of long coat is also determined by genes but involves many more alleles. Here it is in pictures http://www.prouxchihuahuas.com/id61.html so a true long coat is just determined by genes. They have different types of long coats, some are thicker some are thiner and some have an undercoat where others dont that would be determined by the different alleles like the ones that determine coat colors and dilutes. Hope this helps some
"Whether or not it is clear to you, the world is unfolding as it should." -Desiderata Christy Sylvest [email protected] To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 02:51:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Hi to all you Chi owners So how do you produce a true long hair? Anyone know? ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ -----Original Message----- From: Christy Sylvest <[email protected]> To: chihuahuas <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 2:04 am Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Hi to all you Chi owners Hi, I see you have gotten lots of responses, but not too many answers to your questions. Some Chis have folded ears...it doesn't mean they are mixed breed but it could. Merles are an allowed color, but there are some who don't think merles are pure bred. I have heard that merles should be out crossed meaning that you should not breed a merle to a merle because that can lead to some issues, but I do not breed merle so other would have better information on that. This is a great group of people with tons of knowledge. If you have any other questions before or after you find your new best friend this is a great forum to ask on. Good luck with your search. "Whether or not it is clear to you, the world is unfolding as it should." -Desiderata Christy Sylvest [email protected] > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:03:12 +0000 > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Hi to all you Chi owners > > Hi - I'm Jacqueline > I just joined this group and am currently looking around to adopt a female > Chi. We live in an apt and have always loved dogs. Currently we are looking > at re-homed dogs as we want a mature dog. Wish us luck. > > I already have a few questions. When I read about Chihuahuas they never say > they have folded ears - but I see a lot of them - are they mixed breeds? I > also have seen Merle dogs - in Dashounds they are not allowed due to health > issues - is this also something to avoid? > > If you have tips about looking for a dog or anything we need to know about > Chihuahuas that we haven't read about - please share. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little f riends! > Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
