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D-category: grey, isabella,...

originally written by: Marika Mäntylä
translated: Bettina Salmelin

"Storm", owned by Cazzie Cathcart/Australia

D letter comes from the word "dilution".

DD= normal coloured newfoundland that doens't have the dillution gene.

Dd= normal coloured dog that has the dillution gene

dd= diluted colour, colour also affected by B-gene

BBdd grey colored newfoundland ("diluted black")

Bbdd grey colored newfoundland ("diluted black")

bbdd beige, isabella, sand coloured ("diluted brown")

"Storm", owned by Cazzie Cathcart/Australia

"Bailey", owned by Leslie

Beige newfoundland "Bailey", owned by Leslie

Beige newfoundland "Bailey", owned by Leslie

In newfoundlands the "diluted black" colour is called grey, in other breeds, for example in dobermanns and great danes the colour is known as blue.

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