What is a blue carrier?
If a puppy is born of or to a blue French Bulldog, it is a 100% CERTAIN blue carrier.
Meaning if your pup's sire or dam is blue, your pup is a guaranteed blue carrier.
A blue dog can only give a blue gene. It is a double recessive blue gene that makes a dog
blue. When making pups, each dog gives a set of genes in either the sperm or the egg,
depending on the sex of that dog. A blue stud can only contribute blue in his sperm. A
blue dam, can only contribute blue in her egg.
If you have a blue sired or dammed pup, you do NOT need to test to determine if your
dog is a carrier!! This is false information.
With dogs who are not sired or born to a blue, but have the blue carrier dogs in their
bloodlines, it is much trickier. Then you should test to see if they do carry this recessive
gene. You can breed them to a blue and perhaps get blue pups. However, just because
you do not get blue pups, does not mean your dog is not a carrier. It could be, just that it
did not give that recessive gene to any of its pups. Having said this, it could be too, that
your dog, even if he/she has relatives who are proven blue carriers, that your dog did
NOT get that recessive blue gene.
If you have a dog or bitch that is sired by or born to a blue, and is a certain carrier, when
bred to a blue, you should get some blues. However, if your certain blue carrier (who is
NOT blue) gives anything but that recessive gene, your pups will not be blue.
It takes 2 of these genes to produce a dog who is blue in color. A blue bred to a blue can
ONLY make blue. Because between the 2 blue dogs, there are only blue genes to be given
in both the egg and sperm. So if your certain blue carrier girl is bred to a blue male, you
may or may not get blue pups.
Let's use Jolie x Zuri litter as our example. Jolie is sired by True Blue, who is blue. Her
dam is Beauty, who is not blue. Jolie is not blue. True Blue gave her a blue gene (it is all
he has to give) but Beauty who is probably not a blue carrier, did not give her a blue gene.
Therefore, Jolie is not blue. But she carries it for certain.
We bred Zuri, who is blue, to Jolie who is not. With Jewels, a blue fawn female pup, Jolie
contributed her blue gene. Zuri, again, being blue it is all he has to give, contributed one
of his blue genes. Voila, Jewels is blue.
Meaning if your pup's sire or dam is blue, your pup is a guaranteed blue carrier.
A blue dog can only give a blue gene. It is a double recessive blue gene that makes a dog
blue. When making pups, each dog gives a set of genes in either the sperm or the egg,
depending on the sex of that dog. A blue stud can only contribute blue in his sperm. A
blue dam, can only contribute blue in her egg.
If you have a blue sired or dammed pup, you do NOT need to test to determine if your
dog is a carrier!! This is false information.
With dogs who are not sired or born to a blue, but have the blue carrier dogs in their
bloodlines, it is much trickier. Then you should test to see if they do carry this recessive
gene. You can breed them to a blue and perhaps get blue pups. However, just because
you do not get blue pups, does not mean your dog is not a carrier. It could be, just that it
did not give that recessive gene to any of its pups. Having said this, it could be too, that
your dog, even if he/she has relatives who are proven blue carriers, that your dog did
NOT get that recessive blue gene.
If you have a dog or bitch that is sired by or born to a blue, and is a certain carrier, when
bred to a blue, you should get some blues. However, if your certain blue carrier (who is
NOT blue) gives anything but that recessive gene, your pups will not be blue.
It takes 2 of these genes to produce a dog who is blue in color. A blue bred to a blue can
ONLY make blue. Because between the 2 blue dogs, there are only blue genes to be given
in both the egg and sperm. So if your certain blue carrier girl is bred to a blue male, you
may or may not get blue pups.
Let's use Jolie x Zuri litter as our example. Jolie is sired by True Blue, who is blue. Her
dam is Beauty, who is not blue. Jolie is not blue. True Blue gave her a blue gene (it is all
he has to give) but Beauty who is probably not a blue carrier, did not give her a blue gene.
Therefore, Jolie is not blue. But she carries it for certain.
We bred Zuri, who is blue, to Jolie who is not. With Jewels, a blue fawn female pup, Jolie
contributed her blue gene. Zuri, again, being blue it is all he has to give, contributed one
of his blue genes. Voila, Jewels is blue.
Now lets look at JoJo. He is not blue. He got a blue gene from his sire, for certain because,
and I know I say this a lot, it is ALL Zuri has to give. However, Jolie did not contribute her
blue gene in the egg that went on to become JoJo. So JoJo is again, a 100% certain carrier.
But he is not blue because he did not get the 2 blue genes (one from mom and one from dad)
that is required to make a puppy blue.
and I know I say this a lot, it is ALL Zuri has to give. However, Jolie did not contribute her
blue gene in the egg that went on to become JoJo. So JoJo is again, a 100% certain carrier.
But he is not blue because he did not get the 2 blue genes (one from mom and one from dad)
that is required to make a puppy blue.
In this litter, there is another blue, Justus. He is blue brindle pied. He got a blue gene from
Zuri, because why? Yes, it is all Zuri has to give. He also got the blue gene from Jolie,
which she got from her father, True Blue. Or he would not be blue. The rest of the pups in
the litter, Jazzy, red, Joy, brindle did not get the blue gene from their mother and so are
not blue. If Jolie had not contributed 2 eggs carrying the recessive blue code (which went
on to be Justus and Jewels) none of her pups would have been blue. However, they would
still all be carriers, because Zuri is the father and he gave blue in every sperm he made.
If Jolie had contributed 4 eggs carrying the blue DNA, 4 pups would be blue. If she had give
all eggs carrying the blue gene, all of her pups would be blue.
Jaeger, who is NOT blue (but is blue sired) had all blues for us. She contributed her
recessive blue gene in every egg that went on to be a pup. If only one of her eggs carried the
blue gene, only one pup would have been blue. If none had? She would not have had any
blue pups. Again, though, as Jaeger was bred to a blue, all of her pups would have carried
the recessive blue gene. Had I bred to her another colored male it is anyone's guess as to
which IF ANY of her pups had gotten her blue gene and were carriers. This is where testing
is very beneficial.
I hope this clears up the myth and surrounding false information that one must test a
puppy born to a blue or of a blue. Do not waste your money determining if your pup has
the blue gene. If your pup is blue sired or has a blue dam, THEY ARE 100% CERTAIN blue
carriers. If your dog is not blue and does not carry the recessive gene for the color, you
can breed it to a blue dog forever and never ever get a single blue pup though, again
because your non blue dog was bred to a blue dog, they will all be carriers.
Zuri, because why? Yes, it is all Zuri has to give. He also got the blue gene from Jolie,
which she got from her father, True Blue. Or he would not be blue. The rest of the pups in
the litter, Jazzy, red, Joy, brindle did not get the blue gene from their mother and so are
not blue. If Jolie had not contributed 2 eggs carrying the recessive blue code (which went
on to be Justus and Jewels) none of her pups would have been blue. However, they would
still all be carriers, because Zuri is the father and he gave blue in every sperm he made.
If Jolie had contributed 4 eggs carrying the blue DNA, 4 pups would be blue. If she had give
all eggs carrying the blue gene, all of her pups would be blue.
Jaeger, who is NOT blue (but is blue sired) had all blues for us. She contributed her
recessive blue gene in every egg that went on to be a pup. If only one of her eggs carried the
blue gene, only one pup would have been blue. If none had? She would not have had any
blue pups. Again, though, as Jaeger was bred to a blue, all of her pups would have carried
the recessive blue gene. Had I bred to her another colored male it is anyone's guess as to
which IF ANY of her pups had gotten her blue gene and were carriers. This is where testing
is very beneficial.
I hope this clears up the myth and surrounding false information that one must test a
puppy born to a blue or of a blue. Do not waste your money determining if your pup has
the blue gene. If your pup is blue sired or has a blue dam, THEY ARE 100% CERTAIN blue
carriers. If your dog is not blue and does not carry the recessive gene for the color, you
can breed it to a blue dog forever and never ever get a single blue pup though, again
because your non blue dog was bred to a blue dog, they will all be carriers.