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B-Lokus
For many dog owners, the findings at the B-locus are confusing. With these charts I would like to…
Typical merle?!
Merle is fashionable – and so, the risk of unintentional merle x merle matings, which…
Magazine “Kennel and Field”
Today I am posting a few photos from a magazine called “Zwinger und Feld” (“Illustrierte Wochenschrift für Jägerei…
A look back at dog trade in Germany 80 years ago
At the end of the 19th and until about the middle of the 20th century, there…
Harlequin, Merle and Co.
This is a schematic chart of six different coat colors resp. patterns, which are confused frequently.
Colour genetics puzzle Dalmatian
What kind of colours/patterns could result from crossing these two dogs?
Colour genetics puzzle
Which colours can be expected from this mating (smooth coated Border Collies)? …
Stamps with Collie motifs
There is almost no dog breed not eternised as a stamp. Even many very rare breeds …
The blue tongue in dogs
A blue tongue is a typical trait of the Chow Chow breed. But the Chow isn´t the only breed…
Old painting by C. C. Nahl
This is a painting of Charles Christian Nahl from 1867. The painter hailed from the German town of Kassel…
How brown & blue are inherited
This is an explanation of the inheritance of dilution and the brown factor and their…