Ok, so not everything the Japanese do with their dogs involves bizarre breeding practices and unprotected sexual interactions of kitsch electronics (see last post). Sometimes they get dressed up like Mario and Luigi and put on mini dog circus acts. Both the dogs and the circuses are mini, and so are the Japanese for that matter.
Christopher: Mark, Thanks for the comment. You’re right, that interpretation is how Battaglia draws his pedigree, I’ll have to confirm with the original Brackett. That’s a horrible mess of language–referring to...
Mark: Hi, I just read your article and thought I’d point out that you have the wrong interpretation of Bracket’s formula. When he starts with “let the sire’s sire…” he is referring to a new stud he... Christopher: Jen – You’re absolutely right. An error on my part. Inbreeding doesn’t change allele frequencies, it changes hetero/homozygosity, pushing like-with-like and thus the recessive alleles are increasingly...
Jen Robinson: Q1. Mathematically, I’d think that increasing expression of recessive traits requires decreased expression of dominants. Eg, with Labs, more yellow and/or chocolates = fewer blacks. Christopher: Ok, I think it’s time for a cease fire.
Jana: Oh please! Just to set the record straight – I’m on four or five Yahoo groups for collies, but I never crossposted any of the conversations from this blog onto those lists. The only Kathy postings I’ve ever seen...
Kathy Bittorf: I could not agree more it is much safer means than this breed clubs and AKC politics. Well at least a maltese that has served well was not hidden or put down so that now the truth can set us all free. A mutation can be... Kathy Bittorf: This is the problem the AKC is not neutral. A breeder pays for the DNA testing…then you pay the registry. It is all one big ‘cash cow’. Truly you know it is no big deal to have put maltese blue merle....
Kathe: Jana, can you send me a e-mail from my web site and I can get some pictures off to you? His nose is black. Kathe Jana: Yes, I’d love to see! It looks like he has a black nose, too, not gray like you’d expect. Kathe: Jana, Jake has the most beautiful chestnut brown eyes. I can try and get a close up picture of them if you would like this weekend. Kathe
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