It makes little difference to the context of your article but I thought I would point it out for the sake of accuracy. Also, don’t get to hung up on the pure mathematics of contribution by blood – beyond the sire & dam, the gene contributions made by ancestors deeper in the pedigree will not necessarily follow Galton’s law.

The key to the formula is that it ensures a 50% contribution of genes from the desired male but also allows a pathway for his desirable traits to be set by having him present in the mother’s side of the pedigree. Once you get beyond the first remove, breeder selection has much more impact on the resulting progeny.

I hope this is helpful to you.

Mark

The only Kathy postings I’ve ever seen are the ones on this blog. I’m only responding to what she’s poted here. She has some kind of persecution complex.

I *do* know her IRL from many years ago, although she probably doesn’t remember me. Oddly enough, I only met her because I was interested in double-merle puppies.

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 found which does sound like the dominant patterning of the brindle hidden by the merle gene one can surely speculate and postulate from my personal studies. A broken brindle pattern with the merle gene sure does make sense to me. Now the safe breeding pattern? Kathy

Problem when folks produced a maltese previously they did not want to face the politics and the social ostraziation.

One can read in old books about varies patterns and brindle is one of them. The merle gene I have speculated viewing puppies that a breeder just could not figure out from photos she sent me for the last three years. I said…that almost looks like a broken brindle patterning but she was also dealing with the expression of harlequin. Puppies were big healthy and strong from photos. Kathy

During this period kept victims alive in sterile labs but believe it was five years old longest life span. The Gene Marker has made it possible to rid our breed of this killer. Kathy Bittorf

I never said that the diseases are connected only that MARKERS were found as Exonic SINE insertion. Do you know that SINE combines with the merle gene? Geez Kathy

As I told your threating friend that is not me, and is not. Someone else has more time than I have to sit.

She attempted first to get me on Facebook through a mutal acquaintance several requests. I explained, do not like Facebook.
Finally gave them permission to give her private e-mail and get this over and done.

Yes seems Bella Collies has been the topic of private discusssions my friends tell me.

I do not talk on their chat sites and again it was another acquaintance who recommended a puppy buyer to me that I sent to another breeder that had the pigmentation she desired.
Yes when the site was posted I looked. When did that become a crime or reason to threaten someone? Photos are difficult to determine genotype even hands.

When you put up websites …stud dogs and sell puppies to the public This is your marketing dogs today you are in business.

Personally really enjoyed yours. I shared yours with my herding friend and she loved it as well the statements of principles and values. She has many working herding collies all from her OFA normal eyed non carrier, VwD and cyclic neutropenia clear normal eyed non carriers and rcd2 clear–and herding titles. Know she does not mind me talking about her on public discussion?

She like me just a little older and wiser that this public marketing could bring no one knows to your door. Kathy