In a message dated 6/24/2005 9:51:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, BEG48@xxxxxxx writes: Here is my question> If you were to breed a coated male to a coated bitch whose parents on Both sides are not coated but apparently carry the coat factor and there are no known coated relatives close up in the bloodline of both these animals. What would be the percentage of possible coats from this breeding. As I stated in an earlier reply, dogs with long coats only have one gene to give and that is long coat. The answer to the above question is "the pups would all be long coated". If you bred either of the parents mentioned above to a mate that does not carry the long coat gene then none of the pups would be long coated as both parents have to give the long coat gene to the same pup. However, all of the pups would carry the long coat gene as that is all that the long coated parent could give. Jack ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================