We only need to know the parents and grandparents of the mother. The father we already know that: (1) he is carrying 2 red genes and (2) he is carrying 2 particolor genes. He is only going to give a blenheim gene to his offspring. What we need to know is the mom--her parents and her grandparents. Are there rubies in her background so that it is possible she is carrying a red gene? Are there any particolors in her background so that it is possible she may be carrying a particolor gene? If there are no particolors for several generations--it is somewhat likely (but not set in stone) that she doesn't carry for particolor--if so you will only be able to get wholecolors from this litter--there will be no blenheims or tris as wholecolor is dominant over particolor. If she has one parent that is a ruby, then she HAS to carry for red (because the red parent is red only because the red parent has 2 red genes and so HAD to give her a red gene) and some of the puppies could be ruby. In this case what mom has in her background will be the determining factor of what will be the outcome of this litter. So you have the possibility of rubies and b/ts in this litter with a very slight chance of blenheims and tris if there are any particolors in the background of the mother.
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