We just picked up a new puppy at the animal shelter saturday. They said someone brought the whole liter in after finding them walking down the road. So they are not sure what breed they are. Out of the 8 pups, 4 were white with black and brown markings, beagle type. 3 were blackish brown with lighter brown rottie type markings. Mine is black with perfect rottie markings with beagle ears and a tail. How can same liter look so different, some like beagles and mine like a rottie. Would the parent be a rot or could there have been a rot farther down the line and all traits came out in just mine?
2006-10-16 03:59:58 · 9 answers · asked by Sue 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Great answers so far except for GitEmGang. Obviously he didn't understand the question but had to shoot his mouth off anyway...Duh Guess some people will answer anything just to get points. Points should be taken away for rude answers! Thanks everyone else!
2006-10-16 07:01:48 · update #1
Congrats on your new puppy!
Genes are funny like that.. I think you basically answered your own question...
Mother dog was more then likely a mutt made by mutts.. so you have lots of genes just from mom.. And the same goes for dad.. So when you mix them together (mom and dad) and since when mother dog ovulates she releases several eggs at one time.. Whatever sperm that fertilizes each egg is competing with mommy dogs genes...
That's why you can have several different dominant breed types coming out of one litter...
All those breeds that have been mixed.
2006-10-16 04:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by SassySista 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself this question first and then you will figure out the answer....How is it that two blonde haired mates can have a red hed child? or How can a Brown haired lady have a blonde haired child and a brown haired child? If you didn't figure this out yet (not being sarcastic)...then you have to see that it lays in the genes. I once knew a couple (white) that had an african american child...the man left the woman, only later to find out that the child was in fact his! The pups are definitly mixed, that much you know, but you may never know the parents breed, some could have taken after the mother while the rest the father...or perhaps like the couple I know....it could have been farther down the genes. (by the way, the couple got back together).
2006-10-16 04:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by cdb774 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they were found walking down the road then they clearly don't know who the parents were. Therefore, how do they know they were all from the same litter? They could have been from a breader who left a door open somewhere in their house, there were two litters, one with rotties and one with beagles and they escaped together.
2006-10-16 04:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything is possible, including the fact that two males can sire the same litter when they mate with the same female while she's in heat...Another example of irresponsible owners that let that happen, or a common event that can happen in stray dogs... A simpler explanation would be that one parent was a beagle, the other a rottie...
2006-10-16 04:08:57 · answer #4 · answered by LilyF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A litter can have multiple fathers. The b*tch releases multiple eggs and each egg can be fertalised by a different male. Five eggs, five males, five different looking pups.
Cats are the same.
That is why a breeder freaks out if the neighbourhood mung gets to his b*tch after his stud dog has done the deed. It is likely he will get some pure breeds and some crosses.
2006-10-16 04:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by Feline Female 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Years ago we took in a stray mix breed dog someone had abandoned along the road. Before we could get her to the vet to have her spayed we put her in a fence thinking she woud be protected against neigborhood dogs. Wrong. 2 males were able to dig beneath the fence, get to her. She had puppies at the same time by two different dogs. One group was chow looking, one group german shephard. It's true. They can have births by multiple partners at the same time.
2006-10-16 04:08:50 · answer #6 · answered by Catie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, well done for getting your pup from a shelter instead of buying one from a pet shop! That's perfectly possible. In any case, being a mixed breed only adds to your pup's adorable qualities, and in no way takes away the enjoyment and love you're going to receive from him in time to come :)
2006-10-16 04:04:48 · answer #7 · answered by m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, puppies dont ever look exactly alike. My dog (she is a gray malamute) just had 14 puppies. Some are white some are black same are gray... you get the picture
2006-10-16 04:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs have the uncanny ability to have multiple males influence the genealogy of the litter. Cats do as well. Peace
2006-10-16 04:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by rasputin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋