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can both rough coat parents produce smooth coat puppies?

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sure they can


The male will know when the female is on heat, if that's what your asking?


You will have to look into the genetics. If rough coat is a dominant trait in the breed's genes, then yes, two rough coat parents have the possibility of producing a smooth coat pup. But both parents must have an allele for smooth coat, so you might also want to look at their close relatives and see if any smooth coated dogs are in their blood line (which would increase the chance that your sire and dam carry the correct alleles).


If 2 rough coated dogs are bred together they can't produce smooth coated puppies. If a rough and a smooth are bred they can have smooths and roughs If 2 smooths are bred they can have both coat types as well.


No they can't. The rough coat is created by a double recessive. The smooth coat is the dominant gene. A smooth can either be double dominant or be a recessive carrier. A rough can only ever be double recessive.


Well I bred two roughs and got smooth coat pups so yeah. I can prove it with pics.



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