I got a puppy for Christmas and it's a Jack Russell Terrier. I'm concerned about it's coloring. It's 3mons old and only about 41% white, regulations say 51%, but I'm wondering if it will "grow out of" it's brown. The mother was all white and the father had a lot of brown, he was one of the three pups left from the pack two white ones that were about 90% white and the puppy that was picked for me ( he was the larger of the three). After talking with the breeder I was assured that the puppy purchased was pure-bred.
He looks evey bit of a Jack Russell from head to toe even his energy and characteristic, but I'm still concerned about his color. Will he outgrow it or did I just get a pup who got more brown genes than white?
2007-01-19 15:03:52 · 10 answers · asked by Y.a.S.L 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
i have a pure pred jack russell terrier. he's more brown than white too. it's probably his genes.
2007-01-19 15:08:23 · answer #1 · answered by thad p 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Genuine "Purebreds" are bred from registered dogs and the only difference is they they haven't got the papers to prove their identity. Any other purebreds cannot be guaranteed as some rogue could breed a 3/4 bred that looks pure and you would never know the difference. Now so far as colour regulations goes.. why are you worried, if its not registered you cant show it and other than a breed judge who cares how perfect or imperfect it is? In your case you are chasing the supposed colouring ideal of 49% colour but how can you ever expect perfection when both parents are FAR from perfect. One parent had NO COLOURING and the other had TOO MUCH- as they say two wrongs don't make a right. I would also suggest that because both parents are so far from the standard- then the breeder is not reliable and the dogs parents may in fact not be purebreds at all.
At the end of the day what you see is what you get... the dog wont change its colour ratio.
2007-01-19 22:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by magpiez 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unless you're planning to show him, this shouldn't be an issue. Purebred dogs can certainly come in colors outside of standard, and yours isn't but just barely outside of standard. Plus, pups tend to change color quite a bit as they get older.
How exactly are you calculating that he is "41% white"? Even if you ARE planning to show him, this sounds like nit picking. Why on earth would this tiny variation make you think he wasn't purebred?
A breed standard is an ideal, but that doesn't mean that some dogs won't fall outside that "standard of perfection". Thank heavens for that... breeding for cookie cutter dogs does not do good things to the genetics of the lines.
2007-01-19 17:13:57 · answer #3 · answered by FairlyErica 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he was sold as a pure bred dog and you have his registration papers then he is one and yes it could be genes. Not all pure bred puppy are exactly up to the breed standard and these pups are sold as pet pups. There is nothing wrong with them except they would not win a breed ring therefore should be spayed/neutered.
Unless you bought this pup as a show prospect I would not worry about it.
2007-01-19 15:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by Shepherdgirl § 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I personally only think the coloring matters if you are going to show the dog. If you aren't going to show him then who cares. I have a min pin who is bigger than what a normal min pin should look like (he's about 17 lbs and probably 17 inches-akc is 10-12 inches).
To answer your question, your dog just happends to be more brown than his littermates and this happends.
2007-01-19 15:37:53 · answer #5 · answered by hilwiesemann 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably in its lines somewhere.How is this pup registered?If with A.K.C. and you received a pedigree on this pup ,look at the colors in its lines through the generations,or go to http://www.AKC colors.org ,put in the dog breed and it will show the different colors the Jack Russels come in.
2007-01-19 15:12:53 · answer #6 · answered by Help 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As the dog grows, it gets bigger and the white spaces will appear larger, but since the pigment is in the skin, percentage wise, it won't change much. Unless you are going to show the dog, why worry?
2007-01-19 15:10:37 · answer #7 · answered by Lee W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LMAO!!!
It's just *MIS-MARKED*!!!
Will NOT "grow out of it"!!!
Just a poor/PET quality animal. If the sire was heavily marked,it should have been NEUTERED!!! ***NOT*** bred!!!
You got a PET quality pup from an IGNORANT BYB!!!
Hope thats all that's wrong w/it.
2007-01-19 23:49:53 · answer #8 · answered by tyke 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm concerned about your coloing girl.......
Anyway the problem is genetic and you get what you chose, it probably wont change much over time.
2007-01-19 15:07:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess if you get a black haired baby you cannot exchange it either....lol! Just give it love baby love......
2007-01-19 15:27:27 · answer #10 · answered by Doglover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋