Hmm, I had not even heard of Milk Chocolate. So basically it is a dilute, like blue dogs eh?
Hmm, I had not even heard of Milk Chocolate. So basically it is a dilute, like blue dogs eh?
Yes, it is definitely an "official color."Originally Posted by TFX
While I don't know the exact science behind it, there are basically genes that control coat color as well as nose color. Chocolate itself is some kind of diluted black gene with a rednose. And, just as red/rednose dogs can be anything from almost a mahogany-red color with a red nose, all the way to a blonde color with a red nose, essentially it works the same way with chocolate-colored/rednose dogs. Therefore, "milk chocolate" is almost like a blonde/rednose, except he's still got the diluted gene for black in him.
If you look at them close, you can kinda see the difference, but sometimes there's no way to tell ... until you see a black/seal pup come out, when the other parent isn't black, and then you realize that what you have is a "milk chocolate" rednose (not a blonde/rednose), as is what happened with Vanilla Ice
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