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| Coat Color and Pattern in English Shepherds Clear Sable and White Clear sable coloring is caused by a recessive allele at the "Extension" locus. Clear sable dogs possess two copies of this recessive ("e"), and do not produce black pigment in their coat. These dogs may carry alleles for either solid black (K) or any of the agouti regulated patterns (tanpoint or shaded sable), but these patterns will not be expressed. The alleles will produce white markings are relatively recessive. The traditional white pattern in English Shepherd's is "Irish" pattern, and is requires that a dog inherit two alleles for white spotting ("s"). Dogs that carry one allele for Irish pattern and one for additional white (either piebald or extreme white) are sometimes referred to as "white factored". Thomas' Angel  |
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