I was hoping someone would bring it up...I saw a Ch. Male at a ALL BREED show with such a clearly white blaze...people asked me about it...I know the Dog was beautiful none the less...but it had a big ole blaze on his chest!! He almost went BIS for the day too! I don't know...but...hmmm. Angela Angela Scott ________________________________ From: Jen Proud Sent: 10/30/2013 6:26 PM To: adonispersian@xxxxxxx Cc: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jim_barnhart@xxxxxxxxxxxx; List Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Whites & "the vote".. No! The e-e epistatic white gene does NOT cause Irish Spotting s>I ! A problem was with being white, the presence of white parts was not noticeable. That, coupled with the CARRIER STATUS OF THE COLORED PARENT FOR IRISH SPOTTING AS WELL is what produced the white feet and et cetera. And don't try and tell anyone that white chests, feet and faces (especially chinny chin chins) are a problem of the past!!! All one has to do is look at the current ads and current litters out there (and YES I'm talking ASLs) and you will plainly see white chests on adults (at the very least) and I'm not just talking a little star either and white feet tail tips chins and stripes up the muzzle/skull on puppies! Having a white parent or grandparent has nothing to do with the amount of white spotting on them. For those who are curious- just ask for a link for a litter with almost a half-white pedigree and there's only. one speck of white on one (of 6) puppy's chest less than the size of a pencil eraser in diameter when they were born. It was gone by 10 weeks. All the other pups had no white at all. So, how does one explain an all color bred litter having bunches of white on pups and and the one with a white factored parent produce about none but for it's STILL in the genetics, or not? Jen P & the Pack happy to provide genetics lessons JayDee's Proud-Haus Shepherds/Proud K911 www.jaydeesphs.com Committed to the Total Dog you can be Proud of!!! AKC Breeder of Merit > On Oct 30, 2013, at 17:52, angela scott <adonispersian@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > So this means that the so called masking white gene IS NOT like a regular > masking gene...I TOTALLY AGREE...if the whites are causing this....we should > NOT ALLOW the white to be a fault. BUT to be a DQ. Angela > Angela Scott > ________________________________ > From: Carolyn Martello > Sent: 10/30/2013 5:09 PM > To: jim_barnhart@xxxxxxxxxxxx; 'List' > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Whites & "the vote".. > > We were relatively new in GSD when it all started about 'the vote'.... > Exactly as Jim states...the breeders were NOT happy as whites were showing > up in litters of black and tans when not expected. And masking gene or not > ..MANY pups were mismarked with all their front legs white...white necks > all the way around...big blazes up their face and a lot of white on their > tails. It WAS a real problem. > During that time breeders started insisting on Pedigrees that specifically > Identified the color of every dog in the pedigree as many were permeated > with white dogs. You look at old pedigrees even now you will see that. > There was a lot of animosity. Standard breeders were just plain sick of > the color problem and wanted the white DQ'd. > They were NOT STUPID in 1968! None we ever spoke to were thinking or > worrying about the Albino factor nor health problems..EVER!! Breeders > knew how to spot albino's and they understood health problems. > None I knew ever blamed white dogs for either. > > Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.marhaven.com > > > Original Message----On Behalf Of James Barnhart Subject: [ Whites > > I was only a teenager when the the DQ for whites was added to the Standard. > I remember that whites used to show up routinely in litters in Black and Tan > breedings and people were not happy that there was so much white in the gene > pool and wanted to weed it out. It was a good move then and worked. No > longer is a white showing up a concern. Jim Barnhart > > ===========================================================================POST > is Copyrighted 2012. 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. 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