Coat Color

Coat Color Inheritance Chart from VenGen

The following information is from: http://www.vetgen.com/schippcolor.html


	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
I	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black
II	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	½ Black ½ Yellow	½ Black ½ Yellow	½ Black ½ Yellow	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow
III	All Black	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.
IV	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	9/16 Black ¼ Yellow 3/16 Choc.	½ Black ½ Yellow	3/8 Black ½ Yellow 1/8 Choc.	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	3/8 Black ¼ Yellow 3/8 Choc.
V	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow
VI	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	3/8 Black ½ Yellow 1/8 Choc.	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	½ Black ½ Choc.	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.
VII	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	½ Black ½ Choc.	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Choc.	½ Choc ½ Yellow
VIII	All Black	All Black	½ Black ½ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	All Black	½ Black ½ Choc.	All Choc.	All Choc.	All Choc.
IX	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	½ Black ½ Choc.	3/8 Black ¼ Yellow 3/8 Choc.	½ Black ½ Yellow	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.	½ Yellow ½ Choc.	All Choc.	¾ Choc ¼ Yellow

Key to Chart
	Yellow lab with black nose
	Black lab with black nose
	Chocolate lab with brown nose

The outer ring shows the visible coat color with the small upper right circle showing the nose color (black or liver).

The inner rings show the hidden color genes carried by the dog.

Entries in the table show the probabilities of producing various coat colors within a litter.

For example, if your dog is a Type V, (yellow dog with a black nose carrying the hidden genes for black). If you were to mate your dog with a Type III, the resulting litter would, on the average, all the puppies would be black. These probabilities represent expectations averaged over the long run and are subject to the law of probabilities.

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