welshwhippet22 23 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 If sire is 5/8 3/8 bull gray and dam 1/2 cross bull grey what would the pups % be? Thanks Quote Link to post
Rickshaw swami 3,894 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 9/16 grey 7/16 bull if I read it correctly. 2 Quote Link to post
SheepChaser 8,082 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 11 hours ago, Rickshaw swami said: 9/16 grey 7/16 bull if I read it correctly. Wrong way round? 9/16 bull 7/16 grey 2 Quote Link to post
two crows 3,342 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 as written it is wrong way round, but I bet its correct, no one says grey bull do they 2 Quote Link to post
Rickshaw swami 3,894 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 I assumed 5/8 was grey and 3/8 bull Quote Link to post
SheepChaser 8,082 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, two crows said: as written it is wrong way round, but I bet its correct, no one says grey bull do they No but they do say 3/8 5/8 bull grey. Dam to my bitch was 5/8 3/8 bull grey. As in 5/8 bull. I think I make sense 1 Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 42,804 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 They just over half x bull grey then 2 Quote Link to post
Greb147 6,808 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Which ever percentage they take after the parents, don't go on maths go with the type. 1 Quote Link to post
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 Lurchers 1 Quote Link to post
shaaark 10,114 Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Why is a greyhound/breed/greyhound, or whippet/breed/whippet, always referred to as a three quarter bred? Without getting into percentages, surely it's more correct to say it's a two thirds bred. Obviously, fractions etc isn't my strong point, as I simply can't get my head around dogs bred as above being called threequrter bred. 'Breed' = collie, bull, beddy etc 1 Quote Link to post
Aussie Whip 3,822 Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, shaaark said: Why is a greyhound/breed/greyhound, or whippet/breed/whippet, always referred to as a three quarter bred? Without getting into percentages, surely it's more correct to say it's a two thirds bred. Obviously, fractions etc isn't my strong point, as I simply can't get my head around dogs bred as above being called threequrter bred. 'Breed' = collie, bull, beddy etc Say if it's a whippet sire cross whippet /terrier dam,the pups get 1/2 off each parent,so 50% whippet from the sire and 25% whippet from the dam equals 75% which is 3/4 whippet and 1/4 terrier.But as said if you checked each pup's DNA they may have more than 75% whippet or more than 25% terrier,depending which way they threw. 1 Quote Link to post
Neal 1,784 Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Aussie Whip said: Say if it's a whippet sire cross whippet /terrier dam,the pups get 1/2 off each parent,so 50% whippet from the sire and 25% whippet from the dam equals 75% which is 3/4 whippet and 1/4 terrier.But as said if you checked each pup's DNA they may have more than 75% whippet or more than 25% terrier,depending which way they threw. Aussie Whip has a very good point. Added to this you get prepotency. This is where a particular individual appears more frequently in the ancestry and has an even greater influence than the % would dictate. Don't ask me; I don't quite understand it either but if, for example, the grandsire of the whippet sire (to use Aussie Whip's example) was also the great-grandsire on the dam's side then that dog would be prepotent. I think I've got that right. 1 Quote Link to post
Aussie Whip 3,822 Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Neal said: Aussie Whip has a very good point. Added to this you get prepotency. This is where a particular individual appears more frequently in the ancestry and has an even greater influence than the % would dictate. Don't ask me; I don't quite understand it either but if, for example, the grandsire of the whippet sire (to use Aussie Whip's example) was also the great-grandsire on the dam's side then that dog would be prepotent. I think I've got that right. Didn't know about that but it makes sense.I was going on my kids DNA,the two sisters are almost identical looking but the percent's of Irish,English and Scandinavian DNA were different.Apparently most siblings have different % of the different races in them.I'm pretty sure it's not the prepotency thing though me and the mrs are from different countries,lol. Edited July 4, 2020 by Aussie Whip 1 Quote Link to post
Greb147 6,808 Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Aussie Whip said: Say if it's a whippet sire cross whippet /terrier dam,the pups get 1/2 off each parent,so 50% whippet from the sire and 25% whippet from the dam equals 75% which is 3/4 whippet and 1/4 terrier.But as said if you checked each pup's DNA they may have more than 75% whippet or more than 25% terrier,depending which way they threw. You wouldn't even have to check any DNA, the eye will show you which type the pup as thrown to. Percentages mean nothing really. 1 Quote Link to post
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