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Old 01-04-2007, 06:43 PM
frontierrots frontierrots is offline
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Re: blue merle rott???is this real???

A breed is the sum of it's ancestors. To find what colors MIGHT be POSSIBLE in the breed look at the history and old standards

In this day and age, with the right/wrong gene combination you CAN get

normal black and rust, black & tan, black & brown or black & mahogany as you would expect

normal looking/marked Rottweiler but the markings are brindled

red & rust or blue & rust just like the undesireable colors in greater swiss

long coat

wire coat

BUT you will NOT get the ancient sable color unless mixed with something else

and blue merle is not even at all possible unless mixed with a blue merle breed somewhere in the recent past
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