First of all thanks again Laura Trunk and Susan Cochran for all the valuable information, the time you must have spent writing it all out and .... for letting me dream of one day finding a Chocolate Tricolour Cavalier :-)
If it's not too much to ask I have a few questions: You've given all the possible colour breeding combinations / results but most breeders seem to mix either Tris & Blenheims or B+Ts & Rubies. I understand that keeps things simple and helps avoid problems like white fur on B&Ts ... but are there situations where a breeder would deliberately cross a Tri with a Ruby or a B&T with a Blenheim for example? I've not yet managed to get a copy of Dr Frederick Hutt's book that you recommend: in the meantime are there any url's you'd recommend for further reading, particularly concerning the full set of gene pairs involved rather than just the black/red which is what one sees mostly and which Susan explained was a misleading simplification? You mentioned that there used to be Black & White and Black Cavaliers: does anyone know where one can find photos of any? Someone told me that there were also white cavaliers: is that just an "albino" aberration or did they exist too? There are seed banks for storing fruit and vegetable breeds that might otherwise become extinct and whose genes we may one day be glad we've preserved .... could it make sense for someone to deliberately preserve the chocolate cavalier for the same reason (for example I imagine that along with eliminating the chocolate gene other genes might disapear too which could be useful in fighting / providing immunity against a new virus that might crop up one day ...). Chris Arden Paris, France ========================================================= "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.
