How two black dogs can have brown puppies. Labradors are one of the best breeds for understanding how coat color genetics actually work. See, Labs only have a small set of well-defined colors that everyone can recognize. And their genetics are just complicated enough to be genuinely interesting without being overwhelming. How Inheritance Works Before ... Read more

Let’s talk about how traits get passed from parent to puppy. Between Generations Every body cell has pairs of homologous chromosomes. The chromosomes in each pair share the same genes. This means each cell has two copies of each gene. One on each chromosome in a pair. For each gene, a dog can have two identical alleles. ... Read more

Understand the basic machinery that turns genes into coat colors. DNA DNA contains all the instruction manual of your dog. The DNA is split into separate DNA molecules called chromosomes. Dogs have 78 chromosomes. they can be sorted into 39 pairs. One chromosome of each pair was inherited from the father and one from the mother. Genes A single gene is a small segment of ... Read more

The Yorkshire Terrier is a toy breed from England. Their fine silky coat shows a saddle pattern with progressive graying. Yorkies typically have a golden or tan color with a gray or steel blue saddle. Black & Gold A black and gold Yorkshire Terrier has a rich tan color and a black saddle. The saddle ... Read more

The Wirehaired Vizsla is a versatile gundog from Hungary. The common coat colors in the Hungarian pointer breed include solid golden rust or sandy golden tones. Golden Rust The wire-haired Vizsla has a golden rust color that can have varying shades, all of which fall in the rusty orange range of colors. The RKC calls ... Read more

The Hungarian Vizsla palette ranges from solid golden to rust colors. Golden Rust These dogs express brown-based recessive red (b/b e/e). The ideal Vizsla color is golden rust. Their coat has a bright orange color. BASE PATTERNrecessive red MERLE– OTHER– EUMELANINbrown INTENSITYgolden rust WHITEsolid Sandy Gold The FCI recognizes golden or semmelgelb as a possible ... Read more

The purebred Rottweiler has a black & tan pattern. They have a black dorsal coat and very defined tan markings with colors between reddish tan and more intense rust or mahogany colors. Black & Tan The FCI describes all Rottweilers as “black and tan“. The AKC, however, uses “tan” as a breed term only for ... Read more

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a short-legged dog with a fawn, red, sable, saddle, or black and tan coat. They typically have white markings and can express countershading. Fawn & White A fawn Welsh Corgi Pembroke has a clear sable pattern with medium to low red intensity. They are yellow to strawberry blonde and too ... Read more

The Miniature Pinscher is a small companion dog from Germany. Toy Pinschers can be black-and-tan or solid red. Some registries also recognize chocolate-and tan-or blue-and-tan. Go have a look at some MinPin color examples. Black & Tan A black & tan MinPin has a tan point pattern. The FCI describes this pattern as “lacquer black ... Read more

The Miniature Schnauzer is a spunky companion dog from Germany. The standard colors include salt‑and‑pepper, black, and black and silver. The FCI also accepts solid white dogs. Black Black Miniature Schnauzers are most often dominant black (KB/-). But recessive black (ky/ky a/a) was also found in this breed. Both patterns a solid black coat. BASE PATTERNdominant blackrecessive black MERLE– OTHER– EUMELANINblack INTENSITY– ... Read more