Quick colour question

Im going to pick up my new girl on monday.she is white and both parents are black sire black with white chest and dam black with white chest and white paws.im not good with dog genetics so i just want to make sure that those are her parents because she looks a bit out of place between them. Thanks!

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Yes, it's certainly possible,although uncommon.

Is there any other reason you may be suspicious? Are the parents (and your girl) registered with the Kennel Club?

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Hello and welcome from us.

How exciting for you, only a weekend left before she arrives.
White pup from black parents, don’t suppose you have a photo ?

Hi

Getting excited to have a puppy in the house again our old dog is 9 he is staffie x frenchy.
Im just asking because the colour difference makes me wonder not because i dont want to trust the breeders but its just a bit odd...she should be genuine because the breeders own both parents so it would be the easiest to breed their own dogs she isnt registered but we dont buy her for breeding or showing just as a family pet...

I’m not the specialist in genetics that gilly is, but the thing they do over here is test white puppies for deafness.

Yea thats my next worry and maybe skin conditions but she is soooo cute

She’s definitely more than cute
I presume the other pups look more like the parents ?

Do you know anything about the grandparents/parents of the sire/dam?

lexii wrote:Do you know anything about the grandparents/parents of the sire/dam?

That's why it's better to buy a pup from registered parents - you don't need to want to show or breed her, but you do need to have certain facts. For example, were her parents tested for the hereditary problems in the breed at the moment? L2HGA, PHPV/PPSC & HereditaryCataracts are just three. For further info look on the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club's section on health - http://thesbtc.org.uk/ Look under Breed info & then SBT health.

Unfortunately, just because someone owns a dog & a bitch doesn't mean that the dog is the father. I'm not trying to put you off, she looks beautiful & I'm sure she is what the breeders say she is. But you'll never actually know.

An all white pup is unusual from two virtually all black brindles. Not impossible, but unusual.

It wouldn't hurt to get her hearing tested as soon as possible (after she has settled down, of course!). Deafness is a problem in all white dogs.

Thank you for your replies more confident now thats the whole litter

Wow, what a colourful litter. Black, white and blue !

And don’t confuse white deafness with staffy selective deafness
Staffy frenchy cross for your other dog ? I suppose that looks like a small stocky staffy ?

Oh yea selected deafness...Dave taught me that ovet the years... thats him chilling with my son wat hing telly
Yes he has the big frenchy ears

Check out those ears, indeed !
He is lovely too, I think he’s taken much more staffy.
Note the paw on your son’s foot to make sure he can’t go anywhere without Dave being informed

Caro_B wrote:Thank you for your replies more confident now thats the whole litter

Awww, cute! I thought yours was the only white! That does look much more likely, with another couple of whites!

Is the other pic the parents? Only you said your pup is a Stafford x French ie? They both look like staffords.

The dog we have now for the last 9years is staffie x frenchy the brindle sitting with my son
And picking the white girl up on monday...the blacks are her parents both staffies

Caro_B wrote:The dog we have now for the last 9years is staffie x frenchy the brindle sitting with my son
And picking the white girl up on monday...the  blacks are her parents both staffies

Oh, right - just me getting myself confused again!

With black blue and white, one of the grand parents must have been blue, one must have been black with a white parent or something...so basically there is blue in the lines. You will only know if you have DNA and line information.

We have her home now and we are sooo over the moon!!
I spoke to her breeder and he said mums mum is white and dads dad is blue!t
Thanks again for all your help!

That explains everything then, one of the grandparents will have been black too so there you go. Enjoy her she looks lovely

Caro_B wrote:We have her home now and we are sooo over the moon!!
I spoke to her breeder and he said mums mum is white and dads dad is blue!t
Thanks again for all your help!

That makes sense!