Re: [pyrnet] Black Pyrenees, White Newf...

["Jessica @ DaVor" <woods@davor.com>]

And here I thought you meant that they regard their coats as big white spots
which must be made black at all costs, usually with mud! *G*

Jess & Sam
Levittown PA
woods@davor.com


on 7/8/02 06:48, Barb Bowes at bamb@monmouth.com wrote:

> Well, Pyrs are not, and as far as I know, do not carry the albino gene. They
> carry the "white spotting" gene. Which means, in essence (and of course over
> simplified) that they are a black dog with a BIG white spot. Which is of
> course why they have black pigment around their eyes, on their nose, footpads,
> spots on their skin, etc.
> 
> Barb Bowes
> Bo & Chelsea (Pyrs)
> & Flopsy (Pyrenean Shepherd)
> "The more people I meet, the more I like my dog!"
> bamb@monmouth.com
>