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mishellyshel

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not sure if this is the right place to ask this question......
but i am curious about the "dirty bellied standard"
is a dirty bellied standard not a desired result for breeding OR does it come from breeding a standard with darker lines?

i have no intention in breedin.....ever. i am just curious. i currently have 2 standards, neither of which i know their origin.
Richie has a white belly and beautiful fur.......dense and soft.
Zucca has a grey-ish belly, when i first rescued him he was clumpy and dirty but his fur has grown in, however it is just not as thick & dense and it is kinda fly away and of course there is the issue of the darker belly.

i guess i am asking is a dirty belly a result of poor breeding or is it an result of just having darker fur in lines.
 
is a dirty bellied standard not a desired result for breeding OR does it come from breeding a standard with darker lines?

No, it is definitely not the desired result when trying to breed crisp white bellies on your standards, violets, blacks, beiges, etc.

i guess i am asking is a dirty belly a result of poor breeding or is it an result of just having darker fur in lines.

It could be there is eb somewhere in the line. I put a pair together and had not super great bellies on the offspring, but when I switched them to another mate, the bellies are good. Do you mean ebony by darker fur lines? If so, yes, that would definitely contribute to darker or "dirty" bellies.
 
Well when you're talking about bellies you really have to narrow down what you're looking at.
Grey Belly- Overall grey tipping throughout the belly(most likely Ebony in lineage)
Ticking- Brown tipping between front legs (result of breeding two animals with too much veiling)
 
So if I wanted to breed chins with clear white bellies I would do best to get animals with no ebony in their lines?

Also is it true that ticking is a trait in extra dark standards and gray bellies a trait of ebonies?

I don't plan to breed either but I find the genetics really interesting.
 
Yes, you want to stay away from ebony in a line that you want to have white bellies. And yes, ticking is mostly seen in animals that have been breed to be extra dark.
 
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