I have a wheaten scottish terrier and want her to have wheaten pups. How can I guarantee this?
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I don’t know whether to breed her to another wheaten or to a black or brindle. How can I increase the odds of getting at least some whaten colored ones?
Is id a wheaten or a scottie. Or a mutt??????
Anybody who only breeds for COLOR is a BYB!
QUALITY *FIRST*!!!!
Anybody who asks ANY breeding questions *here* has just proven their ignorant BYB status.
BTW…for all the GASPING in horror ,ignorant kiddies……….WHEATEN is an ACCEPTABLE COLOR for scotties! NOT a wheaty X scotty MUTT!!!
Reputable breeders don’t breed for color. Have your dogs spayed. You have no business breeding if this is all that is on your mind when it comes to breeding your dog who is untested, unproven, untitled, and more than likely not a good representation of the breed.
color is determined by the genetics of the parents and if you had spent the last few years learning from a reputable breeder you would know the answer to this.
ADD: Jennifer – they are asking about wheaten colored Scottish Terriers.
You need to stop adding to the over population of ill-bred dogs. BYB make me sick! Get a new hobby!
Ask your Breeding Mentor.
You need to know the pedigree and associated colors of all dogs involved.
The best approach is to email the breed education chair of the scottish terrier club with this information. The genetics of color basically is light colors are recessive, dark dominant in the breeds I work with. I do not work with scotties, but this is in a nutshell, how color genetics plays out.
If you’re wheaten is decended from only wheatens, and you breed to the same, you should get wheatens.
Black is generally dominant, so you don’t want to breed to a black, or a black with wheaten recessive, as you will get 1) all blacks (if bred to a B both domanint and recessive or a mixed litter of black and wheatens if bred to a Black that is Wheaten recessive.
Brindle I can’t answer — you really need to speak to the breed education person in the national scottie club, and then analyze the pedigrees on each side, Color genetics can be quite complex, and breed specific.
Unfortunatly, since you don’t already know this, chances are your dogs aren’t actively shown nor champions, so responsible breeders who have studied genetics in the scottie breed won’t be particularly inclined to help out. This would be a message to you — if you don’t have a breed mentor, you likely shouldn’t be breeding.
Edited to add — hey guys read carefully. This is a WHEATEN colored Scottish terrier. Not a wheaten terrier crossed with a scottish terrier. Wheaten is an accepted color for scottish terriers.
While I don’t think this person should be breeding, it is helpful to know a bit about the breed and genetics before answering, don’t you think?
She is a mutt. You can breed her to another wheaten terrier, but there are always going to be those Scottish terrier genes in there doing their own thing. If you want a wheaten puppy so bad, spay your female (which you should do anyway… plenty of mutts in the world) and get yourself an AKC wheaten puppy from a reputable breeder of AKC champions.
Jennifer and mauveme49…..shame on you! You need an education on Scottie colors before you jump all over this lady! Your lesson for today….she isn’t considering breeding a Wheaten Terrier. She is considering breeding a WHEATEN SCOTTISH TERRIER, and more than likely already has her AKC registered! Wheaten Scottish Terriers are NOT mutts and are beautiful dogs. Get yourselves an education before shooting your mouth off!