GENETICS & EXOTIC COLORS

Exotic Color Combination

BLUE FAWN- ay; d/d BLUE FAWN SABLE - ay/ay; d/d (Georgio is Blue Fawn Sable) BLUE & TAN- at/at; d/d (Zeppelin's Daddy Stapleton from Castlehill Frenchies is visually Blue and Tan) BLUE BRINDLE - Kbr; a/a; d/d (Zepplin is Blue Brindle) CHOCOLATE & TAN - at/at; co/co OR b/b (Hazel Lindor is Chocolate & Tan) LILAC FAWN- ay/ay; d/d; co/co (co/co = Nontestable Chocolate - will have red eye glow) LILAC & TAN- at/at; dd; co/co (Maggie is Lilac & Tan) LILAC MERLE- d/d; n/M; co/co LONG HAIRED/ FLUFFY- L gene (L4, L1, L5, etc) FLUFFY BLUE & TAN - L; d/d; at/at (Woodrow is a Fluffy Blue & Tan) COCO- co/co OR b/b TRI -COLOR BLACK & TAN- at/a; S/s CREAM - e/e BLUE COVERED IN CREME - d/d; e/e (Opal & Macy are Blue covered in Creme) PLATINUM - e/e; d/d; co/co OR b/b OR both (Alba is Platinum) MERLE- n/M BLUE MERLE- d/d; n/M CHOCOLATE MERLE - n/M; co/co OR b/b (Dottie is a Chocolate Merle) BLUE & TAN MERLE- at/at; d/d; n/M ISABELLA- b/b; d/d (b/b = Testable Chocolate) NEW SHADE ISABELLA- b/b, co/co,d/d ( both Testable and Nontestable Choclate)

Dominant Black- Black/Brindle or Fawn

k/k- (two copies) if two copies of dominate black are present NO BRINDLE or FAWN offspring will be produced. k/n-(one copy) if one copy of dominant black is present, BRINDLE or FAWN offspring can be produced, depending on the genotype of the sire. NOTE: in some breeds dogs this can produce a BRINDLE PATTERN N/N- does not have the dominant black mutation.

AGOUTI (SABLE)

ay/ay- Homozygous for FAWN/SABLE ay/aw- dog is FAWN carries WILD SABLE ay/at- dog is FAWN carries BLACK & TAN ay/a- dog is FAWN carries RECESSIVE BLACK aw/aw- Homozygous for WILD SABLE aw/at-dog is WILD SABLE carries Black & TAN at/at- Homozygous for BLACK & TAN at/a- dog is BLACK & TAN carries RECESSIVE BLACK a/a- Homozygous for RECESSIVE BLACK