Dear Sheena, No, no possibility. There were two rubies, one with no white at all, one with a small patch of white on her chest that covered up with the ruby chest fur. The B&T had no white, the two parties could have never been mistaken for anything other than a Blen. & Tri, although they both were more heavily marked than ideal. This is always discussed as the easiest way to get all four colors. Blen. is always receptive because it is recessive to whatever you bred it to. Without going into the squares, the simplest way to think of it is, Blen x Blen, both carrying parti and red; Blen x Tri both carrying parti, one carrying red, one carrying black or the Tri could be dominant and you would get all Tris, Blen to Ruby, one carrying parti, one whole, both carrying red, could have both, if ruby is not a dominant ruby or wholecolor. Blen to B&T, one is carrying red, one black, if the right B&T, all four colors are a possibility. Tri to ruby, one is carrying parti & black, other red and whole, all four colors possible if ruby is not dominant red or whole, and Tri is not dominant, or you will get all B&T's. Ruby to ruby is usually rubies, possibility for blens. Ruby to B&T is usually wholecolors, unless both have a parti parent and then you can have all four colors. B&T to B&T can again produce all four colors, both can not be dominant, both usually have a parti (blen) parent. This is just in general, very simplified. This is not written in stone, just what is usual. Sharon Gamboni Taron Cavaliers New Jersey, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheena Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:58 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] CKCS-L Digest - 5 Mar 2002 to 6 Mar 2002 (#2002-284)
> Hi Sharon > > Well, I've failed again ... I'll have to go back to the drawing board. I > thought I'd worked out all the possible colour combinations using punnett > (aka pundit!<G>) squares, and now it's going to take me ages to find the one > I missed!!! But just in case I didn't (unlikely, I admit) is there any > possibility that the rubies could have been very heavily marked blenheims? > I ask because I used a friend's stud dog on my particolour bred ruby girl, > and there was one bitch in the litter that we simply couldn't make up our > minds about ... she was either a very heavily marked blenheim or a ruby with > more white than usual ... but incredibly pretty, and now in whelp to a black > and tan dog with a blenheim parent (pups due 4th April) so we might find out > then! > > Best > > Sheena > > > Sheena Stevens > Kilnshena Kavaliers > Devon, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
