HealthGene Canine Coat Color Tests

[tosca]

Here's the link to HealthGene, specifically the Doberman coat color test:

http://www.healthgene.com/canine/C12...n_pinscher.asp

[dobesign]

We did the healthgene colour test, and its a bunch cheaper than vetgen. it was 130 bucks to do the vetgen B locus and D locus tests. Healthgene was 85 bucks (or 80) for BOTH tests at once. Quick turn around too. They emailed the reult, then sent the hard copy. Oh, and Moose is BBDD!

[Arthur]

Brenna,
I am assuming you used Health Gene for Waj's color test. For anyone who does not have the link to the Doberman Color Inheritence Chart, here it is: http://www.dpca.org/color.chart.5.html

[andyhilt27]

That's great Brenna! Sorry but I am partial to blacks...

[Arthur]

Hey it is 2009 and there is no place for favoring one color over the other. Look at it this way. Wah has two red genes and can be bred to a #1 black dog and produce all black puppies, bred to a red dog and produce all red puppies or bred to a #3 black and produce 50% red and %50 black. A #1 black bitch is incapable of giving birth to red puppies. Who would want to be so limited in their ability.

[andyhilt27]

call me a conservative....call me a purest.....I just like the blacks.

[Lou's mom]

I've only had blacks, but having & lived w/reds for a while, there's just something extra about the red personality.

And when I answer the offical NM state question, the answer is not 'red'....

[dobesign]

Actually, I knew bah's genotype because she was red. With her and tungsten I did the vet gen dilution test to find out if they carried dilution. Neither did, both are DD for dilution. I did do colour and diltion on moose, my black bitch who could have carried red. In fact she's a dominant black BB and homozygous for diltuion as well, BBDD through healthgene. Doing it this way saved me a ton of the GREEN.