Yes and yes. There may be all brindles, there may be all fawn, and there may be some of each. There may even be puppies who have both brindle and fawn....but that puppy will just be a plain old brindle. Confused?
Brindle is the dominant gene, whereas the fawn gene is recessive. You get two copies of the coat coloring gene, and if you get two fawn genes...you get a fawn puppy. If you get just one brindle gene, you have a brindle puppy. The question is does the brindle in this pair carry two brindle genes or one. If they have a recessive fawn gene, then they most likely will pass that to some of the pups and you will end up with some fawn (the fawn in the pairing will always pass a fawn gene because that is all they have). If the brindle carries two brindle genes, then all of the pups will be brindle. That doesn't mean if all of the puppies are brindle than the brindle parent carries two. You can't really tell from a single breeding.
This is covered much more extensively here:
http://www.boxerworld.com/forums/vie...oat-colour.htm
That all said, if your mother knew what she was doing, she could have answered this for you. Understanding the genetics of boxers (including those that determine coat color) is the most important responsibility of any breeder. The genetic element is why health testing is held to the highest of standards among ethical/responsible breeders. Putting two boxers together, and wondering what you get sounds like a disaster to me.
I will caution you that before you discuss the issue any further that this website does not allow the promotion of breeders, and has zero tolerance for irresponsible breeding practices (aka backyard breeding). If you don't know what makes a responsible breeder, read on:
http://www.boxerworld.com/forums/vie...th-testing.htm
01-07-2009, 03:51 PM
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