I just reviewed the standard and the 'interpretation' in Margaret
Workman's The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.  I don't see where ticking
OR freckles are addressed in the standard!   I've sure read a lot on
this list that the ticking is very much not preferred, but I don't read
where it is addressed in the standard at all.   Maybe I'm just not
reading correctly.

Joan Robinson




Annette Jones wrote:

> Shiena
> I haven't a clue if it is the same gene or not - but as freckles are on the
> face where there is no length to the fur and ticking is where there is
> length I would hazard a guess that it probably is the same gene. However
> there is nothing in our breed standard that says that  freckles are a fault
> but ticking is I am quite willing to be corrected!!! VBG
> Clear faces have become "fashionable" over the last few years - personally
> a few freckles on the muzzle don't worry me (just as well 'cos quite a few
> of mine have them and just think of all those old movie stars that
> deliberately painted a beauty spot in a strategic position!VBG) - where they
> do become unsightly I think is if there are freckles going up the blaze
>
> Annette
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>
> Hello,
>
>     I have a question regarding freckles (as in, on the face)  and ticking
> (on the body).  In John Evans "An Owners Companion", the author explains
> that ticking is due to a dominant gene (T) with a recessive alternative (t)
> for no ticking.  Therefore, making it relatively easy to eliminate ticking
> from a line.
>    If this is indeed correct, are we to assume that "freckles" (on the face)
> are carried on the same gene, or are they transmitted at a different loci,
> by a different allele etc?
>    In the book he defines ticking as "small amounts of coloured hairs among
> the white hairs in Blenheims and Tricolours". which I suppose, technically,
> is what freckles are, however,  he does not actually mention freckles.
> Could it be that he intended for us to understand that ticking & freckles
> ARE the same thing?
>    Freckles seem much more difficult than this to eliminate, I have seen two
> very clear faced dogs produce freckles on a pup. Which would indicate to me
> that it is not carried on a dominant gene.  When we look back at the older
> photos of Cavaliers we see a lot of ticking , some quite heavy!  Not so much
> nowadays, but, you do continue to see freckled faces.
>    I would love to hear some of your input on this.
>
>
>
>
> Shiena Warner
> Burnbridge Cavaliers
> Aurora. CO
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