i recently bought a golden retriever puppy, i went and saw both the parents and their regestation papers and i saw all the puppies. i was the first to buy a puppy and have had him for about a month now. last week the bredder i got him from called me and said that she now wasnt sure if the puppies were all full blooded, she thinks that her sisters dog (A alaskan husky/german shepard mix) might have "got in the action" too. she is sending me my money back, but im going to keep the dog. my question is how can i tell if he isnt 100% golden, he has the typical golden coat and he already turning darker, his feet are webbed too. but i recently noticed a little white stripe down his nose, is this typical for a golden? also i was going to breed with with my brothers girl golden, if he isnt 100% golden will it make a terrible difference, or should i not breed him at all? thanks, amanda Hayden

Hi Amanda,
The only way to find out if he is purebred is to have him, the sire and dam DNA tested.

If he is, then you will have to wait until he's old enough to have all the hereditary checks to find out if he has potential to be a stud dog. If he isn't, then don't mate him anyway, there are plenty of crossbred puppies around without adding to them.

Just my opinion. :)

I had a puppy in my litter of goldens with a thin white stripe on the top of her head, it dissappeared by about 4 months (the stripe, not the puppy) don't think this is going to help you much though, there's only one way to know for sure!

Jane

Actual question apart, as can't add anything to previous answers - what a refreshing approach from a breeder!

Just to get really technical, I believe it is also possible that some of the pups in the litter could be pedigree, as intended, and others could be crossbred if both dogs mated her around the same time ............ sure someone will soon tell us if this is an old wives' tale.

M.

No it is definately possible, and in fact there are some people in the USA I think who deliberately do this hoping for a litter by two sires. This is feasible now that the DNA tests can prove which pups are sired by which stud.

In fact a bitch if mated in quicj succession by several males could have pups by them all, just depends whose sperm gets to the eggs.

This can also happen in fraternal (non identical result of different eggs and two sperm) twins in people.

Where the puppies registered, as certainly if the pup is crossbred this will need to be cancelled. As was said it was good of the breeder to return your money, but wouldn't it have been better and probably cheaper to have the DNA tests for each pup, and then only reimburse the ones that were not pure.

Yes it is possible to have mixed sires.
I have golden here who still has a white stripe on his face.
What did the breeder do regarding the KC paperwork?
emma xxxx