Monday, 31 August 2009

White pedigree poodle gives birth to eight black puppies

A dog owner is celebrating after her white pedigree poodle gave birth to eight black puppies.

Published: 9:56PM BST 30 Aug 2009

Retired nurse Carol Marsden, 50, helped deliver the litter at her home near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The pedigree dog is called Sukanto My Fair Lady.

The father of the puppies, four boys and four girls, is a black pedigree poodle called Alfie, whose full name is Kertellas on Easy Street at Montravia.

Beverly Cuddy, editor of Dogs Today, said: “Black is the dominant gene in poodles so this is not unusual but the exact outcome would depend on the genetic history of the father and the mother.”

Carol has named the male puppies Shadow, Victor, Leo and Duke and the girls Lucy, Belle, Duchess and Tess.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6115304/White-pedigree-poodle-gives-birth-to-eight-black-puppies.html
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2 comments:

  1. Creepy Cute1 September 2009 at 01:13

    That picture is so adorable!
    The mother poodle looks so striking against her little black puppies.

    I am not surprised they are all black if the father was a black poodle also.

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  2. Gavin Lloyd Wilson1 September 2009 at 12:15

    Yes, I didn't think it was that remarkable either.

    Must have been a slow news day!

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