Speaking of Aaron..color genetics fun!

When Aaron was born, his red/gold brindle pattern was apparent. His hair grew longer; the brindle pattern became less and less visible. As he matured, the greying factor began to work upon the brindle hair. He underwent a transition from what appeared to be a gold and white parti-color dog to a black and white parti-color dog.

Some of his offspring, including Frankie, Robby and Allie, inherited his brindle coloration. See more photos of this phenomenon.

The Downside of Inbreeding

C.A. Sharp, the author of this piece Vickie shared with me and numerous other great articles, participated on Dr. John Armstrong’s genetics list. She starts this article with a quote from Hellmuth Wachtel Ph.D., another participant on that most excellent list (which has been defunct basically since the death of Dr. Armstrong). Hellmuth, a zoologist, not a dog breeder, is quite radical in his views. However, he, along with several other participants with ‘out-of-the-box’ views, are the people that indirectly gave me the courage to take on the Gompa dog project. C.A. is self-taught, extremely intelligent, has co-authored some scientific pieces with researchers and breeds Australian Shepherds. She is generous with sharing her many excellent articles. You can find read more of her articles, along with other articles along similar lines on the Genetics page of the FFT website.

Canine Lameness Learning Module

This is fascinating. Thanks Faye for sharing!

Canine Lameness Learning Module

About Motion Capture:
This learning module makes use of optical motion capture data. For the motion capture, reflective round markers were placed at the joints and key locations on the dogs.

Learning Objective:
1. to be able to identify patterns of movement associated with healthy gait, hip dysplasia and cranial cruciate ligament rupture.