AND EVERYTHING -- ELSE -- No need to experiment at this stage in our breeding game! IF you think about it, this is true of all critters; humans as well. Several of my relatives had RED HAIR, one of my sons had 2 offspring with red hair, but his wife had several relatives with it. My other son, on the other hand did not as his wife had no red haired relatives. Just an example! The one inherited thingy I discovered when breeding my GSDs was the down pastern mess! I never had it until I bred one of my bitches to someone else's male. She was already proven and had a proper litter with my male. Indeed, I'd only done the breeding to get the male proven as the owner wanted to lease another of my bitches to breed to him, she was also unproven. We had down pasterns in both litters! However, bred to other males, no down pasterns were seen. Of course, those breedings were the only ones I did with those 2 bitches when I experienced the horror of that mess; knowing I could avoid it. I'd rather know something is genetic so I CAN avoid it than have something pop up as an unknown beforehand. Hope this helps. Norma no L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Schooley" <kimbergsd@xxxxxxx> To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:14 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Blue question In order to get a blue puppy do both parents have to carry the Blue Gene? Kim Schooley Kimber German Shepherds ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================