Re: [pyrnet] This Pyr almost looks like a red roan?

[Andréa deCarlo <staad03@moravian.edu>]

Funny you should send that link--I've had that open on my computer for 
weeks.  My understanding of Pyrs being mostly white is that they're 
really a number of colors (as is evidenced by that link) but that color 
is always covered up by the extreme white spotting pattern (on the S 
allele).

I thought roaning was controlled by something also involving S.  Roaning 
could be grouped in with irish, piebald, and extreme white spotting, as 
it is something else that puts white over a dog's colored pigment.

If it is some sort of roaning happening here, and the roaning is 
covering the dog's pigment (as opposed to extreme white spotting), then 
I'm confused as to why it doesn't happen more often?

Can't wait to hear more thoughts on this.....



*Andréa deCarlo*
http://www.andorrawebdesign.com

On 2/5/2011 10:46 PM, Christine wrote:
> I think it has something to do with this:
>
> http://sonic.net/~cdlcruz/GPCC/library/CoatColorInPyrs.html 
> <http://sonic.net/%7Ecdlcruz/GPCC/library/CoatColorInPyrs.html>
>
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> *From: *"Andréa deCarlo" <staad03@moravian.edu>
> *To: *pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> *Sent: *Saturday, February 5, 2011 8:24:38 PM
> *Subject: *[pyrnet] This Pyr almost looks like a red roan?
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> http://api.ning.com/files/1R1gqINM7bygXCxSpCXSRaIdH*SxrZ6IkiXD3E*BjWOEpwEFFPxLYrLmNKTZohUmD5trL9pR0tLjhj*blAGr2cDAuRObmj26/strongredhead.JPG
>
> Can anyone explain to me what's going on with this (beautiful) dog?
> I've never seen coloring quite like it in a Pyr....
>
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> *Andréa deCarlo*
> http://www.andorrawebdesign.com
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