ok so i have a black poodle.sire was black dam was chocolate.all on sires side was black accept one chocolate(only going back 3 generations here)

on dams side was apricot cream white and chocolate.now how is it possible my bitch doesnt carry the e gene?her grandparents on her mothers side were cream and apricot,on fathers side (grandprents )black and chocolate.

shouldnt she carry the e gene?her mother carrys it but hasnt passed t on is all i can come up with!!

help im going mad!!!

no particular reason but im interested and now its really boggleing my mind which ever way i look at it

Just had a quick look at the poodle genetics page.

Looks like:
black sire is A-B-C-D-E-F-ggS-vv
brown dam is A-bb-C-D-E-F-ggS-vv

The dam may carry one copy of 'e', and may have passed it on to your dog, but without a second copy of 'e' wouldn't be expressed. To be brown rather than apricot I think it means the dam must be 'Ee' if not 'EE', so if she is 'Ee' there's only a 50% probability of passing on the 'e' rather than 'E'.

Is there a way you know your dog doesn't carry 'e'?

I know about genetics in general, but have never looked at poodle coat colour genes before so just trying to work this out with you!

> Is there a way you know your dog doesn't carry 'e'?

yep i had her vet gen tested! it came back saying she doesnt darry the e gene,but i cant understand it cos all her mothers side is white cream and apricot.so she must have some e gene in her?or am i looking at it all wrong.?i thought she'd get half her mothers and half her fathers gene.

which site did you look on then??

is there a possible chance they have it wrong or am i looking for something that isnt there lol?