A brindle chessie ?????

[mcgoo7]

Hello everyone;

I'm new here and to owning a chessie, but have hunted over a few the past 8yrs.

I'm just wondering if our 15 week old chessie will keep his brindle-like markings or if it is just a stage on his way to a final colour ? We love the markings but just wondering

Thanks in advance
James
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[Baby Duck]

Hey nice pup

I believe i Chessies it is called Sedge not brindle. Any I have seen keep the color their full lifespan. Where did you get the pup???

Mike

[mcgoo7]

Thanks Mike;

I figure we will have to wait and see , but I like it so far.

Wingmaster Kennels told us of this first litter from a non breeder, just a hunter with a great chessie with an amazing bloodline who had her mate with a great male and we couldn't be happier.

James

[just chessies]

I have a friend who has a 3-1/2 year old female Peak.like that.The dog is a good working dog,she is on the small side but a ball of fire nothing gets in her way, her coat has not changed since she was born.

[Tollwest]

I believe i Chessies it is called Sedge not brindle.

Sedge is not the same as brindle. Sedge is a color, Brindle is a pattern (dominant inheritance so at least one parent had to be brindle). Brindle pattern can occur in combination with any of the colors that occurs in Chessies (deadgrass, sedge, brown, ash).

Here is a pic of a Sedge
http://www.amchessieclub.org/images/cbrsedge.gif
As you can see, Sedge is a orange/red color.

That pup is definitely a brindle! Some brindles fade out a bit when they get their adult coat, but that pup is heavily brindled so I would expect it should keep most of the markings

[Baby Duck]

I don't buy the one parent must be brindle. A litter from Wayne Kusinkos ( Brown)dog to Greta Huttons female(Deadgrass) produced 2 pups with the pattern. I have been told right or wrong it is considered a variation of brindle. Just like yellow labs come from white to dark red. They are all yellow but very different.

Mike

[Frog]

I have been told it is called self coloured not brindle. I have a female Chessie and she was the same as a pup but was a darker brown. She is now 3yrs and has kept it but you don't see the stripes as much.

Nice looking dog.

Eric

[Tollwest]

I don't buy the one parent must be brindle. A litter from Wayne Kusinkos ( Brown)dog to Greta Huttons female(Deadgrass) produced 2 pups with the pattern.

Do some reading on brindle genetics, it IS a dominant gene, it is k(br).

The tricky part about brindle is it is possible for a dog to be genetically brindle but not show it! A medium to dark brown chessie can be brindle and you likely would not even know it because the dark color hides the patterning, it is hard to see brown markings on top of brown base color! So I would say that brown sire was likely a brindled brown...it is not that rare! Sometimes in a bright light you can see subtle shadings/stripings on these dogs that look solid at first glance.

[Frog]

Do some reading on brindle genetics, it IS a dominant gene, it is k(br).

The tricky part about brindle is it is possible for a dog to be genetically brindle but not show it! A medium to dark brown chessie can be brindle and you likely would not even know it because the dark color hides the patterning, it is hard to see brown markings on top of brown base color! So I would say that brown sire was likely a brindled brown...it is not that rare! Sometimes in a bright light you can see subtle shadings/stripings on these dogs that look solid at first glance.

Is it actually called brindle? A breader told me that it was called "self colouring" and not brindle that brindle is only in boxers and pit bulls?

Eric

[Gurgle]

What a handsome boy.
A breader told me that it was called "self colouring" and not brindle that brindle is only in boxers and pit bulls?Maybe the breeder meant it is only an allowed colour in those breeds? Though I think it is allowed in several more including Great Danes and Mastiffs? It certainly does occur, though not allowed in the standard, in Labs as you can see at this link: Some Common Mismarks in Labradors (http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/mismarks.html)

[mcgoo7]

Thank you everyone .
Here he is at about 3 or 4 weeks with his mother
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee263/mcgoor325/June62009Colby4weeksold13.jpg

I haven't seen the father but some of you might have, it is Jerry Gagnons' dog Diesel, so I don't know if he has some of the same markings.

Cheers
James