[lblax]

anytime you want to change things in your lines wheather it be looks health or working ability you have to look beyond the stud or bitch and look at generations of offsring and the offsprings of dogs behind the sire and dam to see what the dogs are actually throwing. so if you research and find that a certain line of dogs meets all you criteria plus has a tendancie for black and tan instead of deep mahogany then you may get all /none or a few pups that are lighter.. why does she want to change???in my opinion as long as the markings are correct and there is distinct markings the deep mahogeny is by far the best color.