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| BRUISER - Basset Hound Mix |
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| He's a lowrider, but still a Piedog |
What is a Piedog?
The distinguishing characteristic
from other mutts: these are PIED DOGS. They are spotted, patched, speckled and motley. They
are BLACK dogs, with genes for white markings, with at least 50% white or grey. (Note: some Piedogs have base colors other than black, e.g. red or brown.)
| RANEY - Greyhound Mix |
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| He's tall and thin, but still a Piedog. |
How Does God Create a Piedog?
The origin of many a Piedog
is shrouded in mystery. The appearance of a Piedog from unplanned romances most often include parents that are Labrador
retrievers, English setters & pointers, Australian shepherds & cattle dogs, German shorthaired
pointers, and spaniels. However, Piedogs have been found that have parents from many other breeds, some of which are
quite surprising.
What is not a Piedog?
A
Piedog is NEVER a purebred dog, but rather a wonderful happenstance variety of mutt.
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WHITE
SPOTTING
In the organization
given by Little, the dog white-spotting gene has at least four alleles:
S
- wild-type
si - Irish spotting
sp - piebald spotting
sw - extreme white spotting
The less dominant alleles
promote greater amounts of white spotting, as would be expected if the series represents increasingly greater impairment of
melanocyte growth and migration.
Since neural crest cells
form important parts of the nervous system of the inner ear and eye, animals selected for extreme white spotting, such as
Dalmatians, often have vision and/or hearing defects.
BASIC DOG COLOR GENETICS
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SOME PIEDOG PROGENITORS: Akita,
American Bulldog, American Eskimo, American Staffordshire Terrier, Anatolian Shepherd, Australian
Cattle Dog, Australian Shepherd, Australian Terrier, Basenji, Basset Hound, Beagle,
Belgian Shepherd, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bichon Friese, Black Mountain Cur, Bluetick Coonhound, Border
Collie, Borzoi, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Brittany Spaniel, Bull Terrier, Catahoula Leopard Dog, Chihuahua, Clumber
Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel, Collie, Corgi, Dalmatian, Dachshund, English Pointer, English Setter,
English Sheepdog, English & Welsh Springer Spaniels, Foxhound, Fox Terrier, French Bulldog, German
Shorthaired Pointer, Great Dane, Great Pyranees, Greyhound, Husky, Italian Spinone, Jack Russell Terrier, Karelian
Bear Dog, Labrador Retriever, Lancashire Heeler, Lhasa Apso, Munsterlander, Neapolitan Mastiff, Newfoundland,
Papillon, Pit Bull Terrier, Plott Hound, Pomeranian, Poodle, Rat Terrier, Rhodesian Ridgeback,
Rottweiler, Samoyed, Schipperke, Scottish Deerhound, Sharpei, Shetland Sheepdog, Shih Tzu, St. Bernard, Treeing Walker
Coonhound, Water Spaniel, Weimaraner, Whippet.
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Piedog authentification certificates are available FREE from the Piedog Foundation. Send an
e-mail with a photograph of your Piedog now, with your name and address!!!
TO CERTIFY YOUR PIEDOG eMAIL:
piedogplanet@gmail.com
PIEDOG PLANET is a pet project of the Piedog Foundation, with International Headquarters located in Portland, Oregon.
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