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Comment by Starry on February 5, 2015 at 12:59pm

Oh okay, I was just curious because I've been researching Pembroke Welsh Corgi bloodlines with rare traits. This Pem seemed built different than a lot of the Pems I've seen and I wondered if I stumbled across a rare bloodline.

On the topic of dog coat color genetics, I love them!! And I agree, they're complex! It took me two years of obsessing over them before I felt like I had it down. But it's only possible for me to understand coat genetics that are understood, you know? There are patterns that nobody knows how they're inherited: there is just speculation. "Sable" in German Shepherds (which is not true sable) and the color patterns in Huskies are examples of that which is not fully understood. I so badly wanna understand them!

I wish there was more researching going on on these genetics. If I was rich, I'd totally fund it. I dream of a world where I can find out the genetics of all colors/patterns!

tl;dr coat color genetics is cool xD Hehe.

Comment by Dr. Alan R. Gould on February 5, 2015 at 12:45pm

Starry:  Tess is a standard tri-color red headed corgi from tri-colored mother and father.  She has several brothers and sisters all tri-colors, some red some black headed.  She has a half brother that looks almost exactly the same. All these dogs come from a family in Bay City Texas who are not dog breeders.  Thus Tess has no papers.  As you probably know, the genetics of coat color in corgis and dogs in general is quite complex.  There are at least three alleles at the A locus which determines the tri-color phenotype.

Comment by Starry on February 5, 2015 at 12:14am

Do you know what bloodline your dog is from?