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  • Chance has the tri factor gene. He is a red and white but the inside of his tail is black white and red. The whole inside of this tail is dark. I verified this from the breeder that his parents have the tri. I've been told that if I decide to breed him he will have a tri pup :)

  • @Vanessa626:

    Chance has the tri factor gene. He is a red and white but the inside of his tail is black white and red. The whole inside of this tail is dark. I verified this from the breeder that his parents have the tri. I've been told that if I decide to breed him he will have a tri pup :)

    He could only have a tri "IF" breed to a tri and/or a tri factored… if bred to a pure for red, would only have reds.

  • Garrett has a little strip of red on the inside of his tail too. He is red & white and there is a little bit of black hairs behind his ears :-D

  • In order to get a tri both have to at lease be a 'carrier' of the tri gene. You could also have one be a tri and one be a carrier. If you do Carrier to Carrier 25% of pups produced should be tri. Now here the kicker - 25% out of 100. If you are not planning on having 100 puppies of the same breeding (and I hope not)you actually may have several litters with no tri at all.

    By the way - I have had 2 dogs 1 male & 1 female who have not one black hair anywhere - and they've both produced tri's AND I do have 1 that had black on the tail - and did not produce tri.

  • @dmcarty:

    In order to get a tri both have to at lease be a 'carrier' of the tri gene. You could also have one be a tri and one be a carrier. If you do Carrier to Carrier 25% of pups produced should be tri. Now here the kicker - 25% out of 100. If you are not planning on having 100 puppies of the same breeding (and I hope not)you actually may have several litters with no tri at all.

    By the way - I have had 2 dogs 1 male & 1 female who have not one black hair anywhere - and they've both produced tri's AND I do have 1 that had black on the tail - and did not produce tri.

    Or you could get litter with all tris and no red…gggg... just the way the gene falls.... And you can take the Tri recessive gene reasoning and apply to Fanconi. And you can see how a "gene" can hide for several generations and then.... "holy crap".....

  • I got out Ramses's paperwork, and two generations back on one side, it listed a black and white grandparent. All the others were red and white's..So those few black hairs on the tail were an interesting throw back to the black and white. Thanks for all the replies.

  • Ruby's tail has a black stripe up the middle…her mom was a tri. I always say to her, "you got your beautiful tail from your momma Barcelona"... :D

  • dayna has the same thing on her tail. her father is red and white and her mother is a tri colored basenji.

  • Max has a diamond shape on his.:)

  • @Basenji_Boy:

    Max has a diamond shape on his.:)

    Is the diamond black or white???

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