Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

[perchie.girl]

The pups are growing.... leaps and bounds.... no pun intended

deb

 

[CanuckBock]

The pups are growing.... leaps and bounds.... no pun intended

deb

They are indeedy...I marked how tall at the withers they were on the divider wall in their room on Aug 17, both were at 15.25 inches.

Sept 21, Em is 17.25 and Lace is 17.5 inches which means they will not be UNDER sized as adult female ACDs. I noted they were growing...having to clip toenails every two weeks (hear a click, time to clip), but they are growing like bad weeds, eh.

No guesses yet to what colour Emmy would be with no black hairs? Too afraid, too much info...here, I will simplify it even more.

Emmy is a Blue, Black, and Tan ACD...

Hair colours = BLUE BLACK TAN

Emmy is a BLUE BLACK TAN ACD​

In canine colours:

BLUE is a mix of Black and White hairs

BLACK is Black hairs

TAN is Red hairs



Now put it together like an equation...

BLUE (Black hairs and White hairs) + BLACK (Black hairs) + TAN (Red hairs)​

Now take away the BLACK hairs in the above equation...

BLUE (Black hairs and White hairs) + BLACK (Black hairs) + TAN (Red hairs) = ????????????????????????????

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By removing the BLACK hairs from the equation above, what coloured hairs are left? Not so difficult a question now, eh...



One has to see the pack of ACDs I have had and instantly see why colour genetics intrigued me.

My coats of many colours, I needed to know, what made each one the colour that they be!

My pack of many colours...

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So for those wanting to leap ahead in the lessons with all the brilliant answers you shall have...

What genetic colour is Emmy in the Agouti and Extension series?​

Here are some examples for you to get thinking on...

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Makins is a Blue, Black & Tan ACD.​

Makins is at / at and E/-​

Makins' colour genetics in the Agouti series are at / at and in the Extension series E/- or E/?

We may use a question mark because in all dominant alleles, this one dominant allele could be hiding other recessive forms in the series. The colour chocolate (brown which explains the use of the letter b) is another series where you have to mark B along with a question mark as in B/? (some use the "-" as in dash too, so B/? and B/- are the same things).

Question mark or dash have to be used unless you have DNA colour tested like in HyBlade's case, we knew by the DNA colour test we had done, he was B/B. We did not put his colour down as B/? or B/- because he was a proven B/B...pure for not chocolate.



Because Makies is blue, black and tan, she must be the bottom recessive in the Agouti series for ACDs... at / at

Because Makins is expressing lots of dark black pigments in her hair coat, she must be E/- or E/?



So now let's do another ACD...let's do Fixins' Agouti and Extension series shall weeze?

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Fixins is Red Speckled​

Fixins is at / Ay and E/-​

Fixins was daughter to Makins who was at / at so Fixins had to have gotten ONE at from Makins and her Sire Baer was a dark red speckled, so he contributed one Agouti Ay which made Fixins at / Ay in the Agouti series and E/- or E/? in the Extension series.

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Colourful dogs to make for a colourful world!

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[scottcaddy]

I just got in from a busy day dealing with my normal feed run into town and a whole lota rain water that wanted to back up into a few critter pens.
I will reread this in the morning and see if my red/tan answer is right.
Thanks
Scott

 

[CanuckBock]

I just got in from a busy day dealing with my normal feed run into town and a whole lota rain water that wanted to back up into a few critter pens.
I will reread this in the morning and see if my red/tan answer is right.
Thanks
Scott

I can always count on you Scott to give my silly genetics lessons a good go. I truly think you are on to something, eh.

Keep in mind...we only want you to take away jest the BLACK and leave the rest of Emmy's hair coat colours (even though technically, one of the "colours" is not a pigment) there. Recall what makes a blue dog blue...what "colour" gives them the lovely speckling or mottling appearances.

I need to sit back, let some time transpire and give y'all time to answer this. I am absolutely a terrible person to be patient with things like Christmas...or B-days (hatchday). I often get what I figure is a goodun present and I can't wait for the proper day to see the person get the gift...I want them to have it that instant. In the past, Rick has gotten several Christmas presents some years...he needed what I had gotten before the day...sigh...hee hee...

I think I have said enough for now!

BLUE (Black hairs and White hairs) + BLACK (Black hairs) + TAN (Red hairs) = ????????????????????????????
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Take away the Black and you have left?

This is a gateway questioning puzzle, because once you guys say the correct colours left after we take the black hairs away from Emmy...you are in for some stunner conclusions AND hypotheses! Yer world will open up and you will see with clearer eyes and an more open mind.

When I finally figured what an ACD looks like without black in their hair coats...I never again looked at colour varieties in canines the same way again.

All the roof metal possible is now affixed to the half section of roof...now to get the other trusses strapped for crane picking​

We are going to upgrade the power too, next crane lift. Since the power to the house hasta be shut off, Rick is gonna get an electrician in to put in a new house panel and install the proper shut off switching system for the backup generator we own. We have not used the back up power system yet for power outages (he's used it for his air supply on the air nailer though...works awesome fer that!) and it would be GREAT to see the power system upgraded with back up power system completed and ready to use since it is here and bin waiting, oh figure four or so years. Never seem to address everything that needs doing but inch by inch, watch out...we might one day. Right in time I cynically say to KICK IT!

So the big decision is in store for us now...we are trying to make a HUGE decision now that the Parking Building is so close to conclusion. Yeh yeh, Rick hurried home last night after work and put the last of the metal on the half section of roof..but not before he stopped to shop. Love when men grocery shop! He netted us a booberry pie (my fav...I am transporting the grains outta totes to inside the feed room...tote that bucket! Half totes are put by now!), whip cream for topping, corn, 4 cauliflower for the geese and us (goose goodies; shoulda heard them screaming when I took them some last night!), and a BQ rotisserie chicken for din. Add potatoes from the garden and voila...din din of delish and easy too!

Now where was I...oh yeh...the decision we hafta make will it be the cabinet shop or a new house we tackle up next. Decisions, decisions! Our fear is that if we do the new house first, we won't get to his cabinet shop and alot of the vintage vehicle restorations are hinged on Rick having a warm dry, separate place to do tear downs and build ups back in. A place he can tear down and just walk away when required, not put stuff away and tidy it up but leave it is, as is where is and come back when able. Ah that would be luxurious! And certainly speed up the restoration process considerably!

Dunno, that dream of him and I racing to town for ice cream in two of our vintage trucks (x2 - we hope to have four old trucks completed; TWO 1936 2.5 ton Chev Maple Leafs OR TWO 1928 one ton Chevs), blocking traffic on the highway as we try to pass each outer, flat out at fifty...dunno if I want to let go of that vision of the RACE! You know when you get old, you might get overlooked...but not EVER if you can still be annoying to the general public, eh! "What are those two old codgers trying to do? Blocking the highway being in the WAY! Shouldn't they know better!"

I always wanted to grow up and get old enough to be majorly ANNOYING! Am I there yet? Well, am I??

My

is pretty near over...if I get me chores done up, Rick and I have some fun trips to go make...sorta kickin' tire kinda adventures, eh.

Lookit Lacy's side and tail base...covered in bloody bites...why, because Emmy is teething!
I got a baby molar of hers here that she shed...bloody mouth...leaves evidence!​

Another turning point, fork in the road...what to do, what to do...whatever we do do...we'll embrace it with full on jaws fulla bitey bites...jest like the dogs of ours do by seizing the day, eh.

CARPE DIEM

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Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[scottcaddy]

I did forget what you said about no black = white, and yes it does change the whole color palette.
Scott

 

[CanuckBock]

I did forget what you said about no black = white, and yes it does change the whole color palette.
Scott

The absence of all pigments = white.

We often call white a "colour" which I suppose is completely correct...white IS a colour AND caused by the absence of pigments.

If we take away a pigment (the two choices being the pigment red/phaeomelanin OR the other pigment black/eumelanin), we are left with the absence of all pigments which is the colour white.

If Emmy cannot express the colour black, that should mean all places where she would have been black pigmented would then be white. Her pigment cells being told by some of her sets of genetics to be black but another one set of genetics saying, "Nope, not allowed to express black pigment." She is obviously able to express black, but the question and riddle here, is what if she was not allowed to express black pigments...then draw the conclusion, what would her colours be and perhaps, what would she look like then as a blue,black&tan not allowed to express the black pigments?

Now go back and look at her colour palette of blue, black and tan and remove the BLACK to reveal what the double dose of recessive Extension (as in e/e) would make her colours look like. Recalling that e/e should disallow the expression of the black pigment. I am not making this up, so it has to be founded in reality of the canine colour genetics scheme. I am applying a known colour genetic happening to an already existing variety of the Australian Cattle Dog and saying, "OK, add this double dose of a recessive to an existing dog and what would that dog look like."

The final conclusion of what a blue,black&tan ACD looks like is, well right under our noses...heh heh hee...

I'll shut my yippy lip before I reveal the answer completely.

 

[CanuckBock]

Quote:
Guess I better be clearer here...a blue,black,&tan not allowed to express black and what THAT looks like colour wise.

 

[Wisher1000]

It leaves red and white hairs, right? So looks like Lacey!

 

[drumstick diva]

By Jove, I think you've got it Wisher !! All I've gotten is a headache and want to be excused from the classroom

 

[scottcaddy]

By Jove, I think you've got it Wisher !! All I've gotten is a headache and want to be excused from the classroom

DD, You are along for the ride, Just like the rest of us!

Scott (Who agree's with Wisher)