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Posted by: ChrisGilbert at Fri May 11 19:16:32 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ChrisGilbert ]  
   

I was letting the original poster know that most breeders feel that it is random.

However if you look at what is being produced in specific litters you will see a trend. I got my Motley from Joe Lydon, in his litter there was a "little of everything" as far as the Motleys go, and many different from last years litter that he produced.

Gray at Allboas.com has nearly perfect patterns in all the Motleys he produces. If it was more random he should have other looks.

The Motleys that Chris Nicholas produces have a distinct look to them that I am sure many have noticed.

Jeff Ronne produces nearly perfect patterns in his.

Look at the Motley breeder chosen to be used by each of these people, then look at the mate chosen for it. The mate may have a circleback pattern, or maybe thin saddles, or maybe large blocky pattern. Each different combination seems to have at least some effect on the resulting babies.

So while you CAN have one Motley of any given look produce every kind of look in one litter, you CAN also control the results.

Both are true, so which is it, both.
I hope this makes more sense, as I didn't mean to confuse things earlier. While to a point the results are random, there are factors that affect them. Still those factors aren't 100% predictable, so instead of picking just any Motley (maybe going for best price) and hopeing to get the look you like. It would be wiser to simply pick the look you like and hope you get more of it. Picking the right mate can help.
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