Thanks, John Vaught, for catching my mistake. That's what I get for multi-tasking - reading and answering the list while in a meeting at work. John's correction below is correct: Statistically, the distribution is 25% pure for sable, 25% black and tan, and 50% sable with a black and tan recessive. Laurie In a message dated 4/27/2007 9:24:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pruett@xxxxxxxxx writes: S b/t S SS S b/t b/t b/t b/t b/t b/t 25% pure for sable 25% sable with black and tan recessive 50% black and tan I think the above is wrong. In your sceanerio you have two sables each with a b/t gene. Statistically you should get 75% sable and 25% b/t. S B/T S S S S B/T B/T S B/T B/T B/T ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================