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PING: Liisa
diddy none wrote in :
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/dis...?petid=9792952 How did this happen? I have NEVER seen such a striking coloration difference. It's as if someone cut off the dog's head and photoshopped it on another dog. Since the dog is going to be such a small dog, I don't believe for one minute that it's an akita mix. The Elkhound half is undeniable. What a great looking dog! Like others have already written, that's one version of piebald/extreme white spotting and it is often called "color-headed white" in many breeds. Colored head and mostly white body. This dog has one patch on back (and NOT on tail tip, it is always white if body is colored like this). 1st gen Elkhound crosses can't have this much white as they are always genetically solid S/S and this dog obviosly is homozygous for sp or sw type spotting alleles. So one parent isn't a purebred Elkhound. Elkhound/Husky and a good dose of something smaller, like Sheltie? Liisa |
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PING: Liisa
Liisa Sarakontu spoke these words of wisdom in
16: diddy none wrote in : http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/dis...?petid=9792952 How did this happen? I have NEVER seen such a striking coloration difference. It's as if someone cut off the dog's head and photoshopped it on another dog. Since the dog is going to be such a small dog, I don't believe for one minute that it's an akita mix. The Elkhound half is undeniable. What a great looking dog! Like others have already written, that's one version of piebald/extreme white spotting and it is often called "color-headed white" in many breeds. Colored head and mostly white body. This dog has one patch on back (and NOT on tail tip, it is always white if body is colored like this). 1st gen Elkhound crosses can't have this much white as they are always genetically solid S/S and this dog obviosly is homozygous for sp or sw type spotting alleles. So one parent isn't a purebred Elkhound. We knew it was not a purebred. As you said, it "COULDN'T" be. But I've never seen any mix whose head was so purebred looking, and body looked like another breed entirely. Shape is wrong, coat is wrong, and color is wrong. It's as if the head got all the elkhound genetics, and from the collar down got whatever the other part was. The head looks to be typical purebred Pennsylvania Puppy Mill elkhound decapitated and placed on another body entirely. I've never heard of Colorheaded white. When Mary(?) posted it, I did a search on it. Learn something new every day. As you said, it NEVER happens in Elkhounds. Thank you . I'd still like to go see this dog in person and see if there are stitch marks at the collar, and this dog was really some transplant gone right. Baby would be renamed Frankendog Elkhound/Husky and a good dose of something smaller, like Sheltie? Liisa |
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