As I emailed Ken privately, we had a bitch who had an incredibly close coat who produced a lot of coats. Those plush German stock coats do not necessarily mean they carry the coat factor. They just have nice coats. Ruth On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Redacted sender Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx for DMARC <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think you are right Liz :) > > Thinking back to some of the recessive x recessive breedings I've done, > dear GOD, I'd have to buy stock in terrier comb/blades to get rid of cowlicks > and all that "ruff" around the next....I'll pass. I just think it's a > fallacy that you have to have recessive for coat in there somewhere to keep a > pretty plush coat....and I have done the breedings that prove it w/o having > my choices for the next keeper in the whelping box compromised. > > Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC > Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions > visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ > > > In a message dated 5/24/2014 4:38:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > I would imagine it all comes down to what type of coat the stud dog has to > > begin with. I have seen several generations of plushy dogs that don't > carry the coat factor. But if the stud dog himself is slick coated to > begin > with, then IMO it's more than just him not carrying the coat factor. He > just passes on his own slick coat. > > Liz > _www.lealynn.com_ (http://www.lealynn.com/) > GSDCA member since 1976 > Signers of the Breeders Code > AKC Breeder of Merit > > In a message dated 5/24/2014 1:26:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > That's odd, I haven't lost coat in breeding several generations of dogs > not > recessive....odd that you lost coat in one generation....so since we've > had differing experiences, I don't think you can take the theory to the > bank. > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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