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Coat Quality
Jindos should have at minimum a double-layer
coat. They should have an outer layer of guard hairs and an inner
layer of undercoat.
There is sometimes references to a "3-hair
dog." I believe this might refer to 1) regular undercoat, 2) regular
guard hairs, and 3) scattering of extra-long guard hairs.
Not a lot of Jindos, especially white Jindos, have the extra-long guard
hairs these days.
 
On this red dog, the overall
coat goes from white at the skin to black on the middle to red on the tips.
There are a few extra-long black guard hairs, but it is difficult to photograph.
photo by Ann Kim
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The outer layer of guard hairs is
smooth, shiny, stiff, and water-proof while the inner layer of undercoat
is soft, slighty crinkly, and insulating.
Another look at the guard
hairs (sharply defined, colored) and undercoat (fuzzy, hard to see)
photo by Ann Kim
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Unspayed females tend to shed their guard
hairs more than males. The undercoat is blown on average twice a
year, with the heavier shed in the spring and the lighter one in the fall.
The shed can be triggered by hormones, a change in diet, stress, and even
the change in the amount of daylight.
A sign of a good, thick undercoat is the
fur coming off in clumps during the shed. To a certain extent, weather
has an effect on the thickness of the undercoat, but it should not affect
the quantity or length of the guard hairs.
Medium length guard hairs are preferred
with longer hairs on the shoulders and tail.
Tail fur (mostly guard hair),
Shoulder fur, and Body fur
photo by Ann Kim
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The abundance of long stiff
guard hairs gives the tail the fan form.
photo by Ann Kim
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The hairs are lifted somewhat away from
the body. Dogs with hairs that lay flat against the body are not
desired.
Fur is angled away from the
body
photo by Ann Kim
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I've seen written that average size dogs
should have hairs 1-2 inches in length, especially on their shoulders.
Even though dogs with shorter length coat are present in the breed, they
are not as desired since it does not protect the dog as effectively from
cold and brushwood during a hunt. Similarly, dogs lacking an undercoat
or having a soft outer coat are not desired for the same reason.
shorter length fur
from Jindok Gae by
Yoon (pg. 135)
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There is a small percentage of Jindos with
long, wavy or wooly hair.
 
slightly long fur
from Hankookea Toejonggae
by Ha & Yim (pg.92)
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I don't know if these coats are generally
considered a fault or not, but I assume that dogs with wooly coats (soft
undercoat is much longer than guard hairs) are not desired since it would
allow ice to cling to the fur or the dog could become soaked to the skin
by water.
Coat Color
There are two components that give a Jindo
its overall color. They are the color of the guard hairs and the
color of the undercoat. The color of the undercoat is more important
in the black-colored dogs as it can give clues as to whether the dog is
a purebred Jindo or a mix. The color of the guard hairs is usually
what most people notice, though, and so the genetics of their colors will
be touched upon.
The coat colors that were historically
protected by the Japanese and then Korean government were yellow and white.
However, the selection of only just these two colors was inaccurate.
Other coat colors existed in Jindos and these colors were barely preserved
until the protection law was revised in 2/23/98, protecting other colors.
There are five colors that seem to be universally
accepted in the Korean Jindo dog now. A few others remain controversial.
1) HwangGu : yellow
2) BaekGu : white
3) NaeNunBakYi or HeukGal :
black & tan
4) JaeGu : wolf-grey
5) HoGu or HoPi : tiger-brindle
Details on each color will be covered a
bit further down in this section.
Spotting
At birth, white skin/fur on the toes, chest,
or chin can occur in colored dogs. However, excessive white
spots is not really considered proper. Too much spotting may lead
to pinto dogs which is highly undesirable. There is a slight preference
against dogs with these spots, as there are some people who desire black
nails in their yellow dogs.
There are no colored Jindos that I know
of that have white skin/fur on the tip of their tail.
Ghosting
As adults, minor spotting usually becomes
less noticeable on yellow-colored dogs when the adult fur grows in and
white "ghosting" appears. The skin underneath may be black, but the
fur is white. "Ghosting" is the American term for the underside of
the dog and portions of the face being white. The Japanese term is
"urajiro."
Not all dogs will show this "ghosting"
pattern clearly if at all. This isn't as big of a concern in Jindos
as it is in the Japanese breeds. However, too much white on
a yellow dog might indicate some Japanese Akita Inu influence and the dog
should be examined carefully for the presence of other Akita features.
"RaBee"
the most familiar color distribution of
a Jindo
circa 1989
(photo's contrast was increased
& brightness was reduced to emphasize pattern)
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Japanese-style Akita |
Masking
Yellow puppies are born dark brown with
a very dark or black face. The color lightens and the mask on the
face usually disappears as the puppy matures.
However, there are a few adult Jindos who
retain black on the edge of their muzzles or a slightly smutty face (not
as dark as an American Akita though). Some people believe this
to be indicative of mix breeding (shepherd, akita, etc.) , while others
believe it is a throwback to the Jindo's ancestors from Mongolia.
Baekgu
(white, cream)
BaekGu is the second most common coat color.
It would be inaccurate if described as a rare color. It is
simply due to a recessive gene. The Jindo County Office states white coat
color is due to the albino gene. To clear up any misunderstanding, I would
like to add that this gene is also called chinchilla-dilute by other breeds.
This chinchilla-dilute acts upon the normally red hairs to lighten it to
a cream- or buff-colored coat. Sometimes, the areas that usually
have a concentration of black hairs, such as the back of the ears and down
the spine, are less affected and are lightened instead to a slight red/tan.
The red color on the ears and back of the
hind legs is not as preferred by Jindo islanders (source: Mr. Tae Young
Yim).
Probably Too Muddy
(Lighting can affect perceived
color) |
Typical BaekGu |
White Desired by Jindo
Island |
Body has reddish tinge. |
Body is white
Red highlights are found
on ears, tail, and back of legs. |
Body is white.
Red highlights are missing
on legs. |
Body has reddish tinge. |
Red-tipped ears |
Unusual, all-white ears |
Baekgu dogs usually have pigmented black
skin on their eye rims, lips and other portions of their body except their
nose. Their noses are typically faded pink. The chinchilla-dilute
gene is located on a different locus than the red and black/tan gene, called
either the albino locus or the chinchilla locus. It is recessive
to full pigmentation.
(C
= full pigmentation, cch = chinchilla-dilute)
A dog must carry at least one red gene
(AyAy or Ayat)
and two copies of the chinchilla-dilute gene (cchcch)
in order to be a BaekGu.
Brillant-white, snow-white or grey-whites
dogs can be indicative of Japanese Kishu blood and so these variations
of white are frowned upon. Based on mouse-studies, it's speculated
that a third gene, called chinchilla-dilute extreme, could be the cause
of these whites.
(ce
= chinchilla-dilute extreme)
The chinchilla-dilute extreme acts
upon red dogs to make them very white (AyAy, cece
or Ayat, cece)
while it would act upon black&tan dogs to make them beige with red
highlights (atat, cece).
Baekgu Jindos and nearly all dog breeds
do not have pink eyes, brillant white coat, and all pink leather that is
associated with albino rodents and rabbits. If ever a pink-eyed albino
Jindo is produced, they should not be breed at all since these dogs are
sensitive to light and would spread this genetic disease to the general
Jindo population.
White dogs with blues eyes are considered
mixes and/or may have a form of albinoism called tyrosine-negative albinoism.
These should also not be bred as examples of tyrosine-negative albinoism
in other breeds and animals are linked to genetic diseases as well.
(c
= albinoism)
In stories, white Jindos with grey
eyes used to occur very infrequently and were sometimes regarded as throwbacks
to wolves, but this combination is considered extinct in the breed now.
Also in stories is the baekgu coat with black hairs on the back.
This is supposed to be a very good baekgu coat, but without pictures or
more detailed descriptions, I'm not quite sure what the genetic makeup
behind this is yet. Perhaps a exploration into Siberian husky
color genetics might reveal a little more info. I'm going to
make a leap and guess that the reason why this coat might be considered
good is because it's likely to be connected to the correct coat texture.
I remember reading that red Shibas were starting to loose the harsh, correct
coat and that breeding back to black/tan Shibas restored the texture.
The mixes that need to be screened against
among the BaekGu's are predominantly Jindo-Kishu mixes, sometimes
with a bit of a mastiff (akita?) tossed in. These types of mixes
are called "MilYang gaes" and it takes an experienced eye in both
Jindos and Kishus to distinguish one from a Jindo. These have primarily
fighting temperaments. The origin of the "a Jindo biting a person
must be a Kishu mix" generalization might have its origins with the MilYang
gaes?
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Examples of pure Japanese Kishus
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an
adult show male Kishu
Photo:
NIPPO |
a
young male Kishu
Photo:
Rene Hesselman |
| 2/11/07 UPDATE:
There are some canine geneticists that are very skeptical that the white
or cream color is caused by different alleles on the C loci. Instead,
they believe that the Baekgu is caused by different alleles on the E loci.
The E loci is the gene that determines
the yellow color in labradors and white color in poodles and German Shepherds.
(E
= normal pigmentation, e = recessive yellow, recessive white)
Using this assumption, a dog would need to
be ee in order to be white/cream. The effect of this
gene dominates over the effects of other genes, essentially removing all
black pigment from the coat.
Most likely, there is a closely linked
modifier that lightens the recessive labrador yellow color to the familiar
Baekgu color. In addition, there might be a modifier that that
intensifies some reddish highlights, causing muddy Baekgus.
There are genetic tests to determine if
a dog carries E or e, but I am unaware of any Baekgu owners
who have tested to make sure. I think that perhaps e could
potentially exist in Jindos. One thing to note is that the presence
of e in the breed doesn't necessarily exclude the possibility of
a chinchilla-dilute gene existing and being in effect.
Breedings between purebred white Jindos
(not mixes who could be carrying atatee)
and black/tan dogs resulting in only white and black/tan puppies support
the existance of a black-pigment reducing gene like e
or even
ce . Breedings between white dogs and black/tan dogs
resulting in only red and white puppies support the existance of a red-pigment
reducing gene like cch.
Perhaps if I had more family trees that
traced the different colors throughout the generations, it would be possible
to determine if e, recessive yellow, is in effect vs. cch,
chinchilla dilute, in the majority of the Baekgu Jindos. The first
has an effect on black coat pigment. The latter does not. Of
course, if there exists chinchilla-extreme, ce , it would
be difficult to differentiate between it and recessive yellow, e,
without
photos and the monitoring of color as the dog ages.
For now, I'll continue to use chinchilla-dilute
as the explanation for white/cream Jindo color genetics until further information
is provided.
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Naenunbakyi
or Heukgal
(black & tan bicolor)
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Photos by Mr. Woo, Mu
Jong of the Korean National Dog Association.(p.18, 42, 83)
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The term Naenunbakyi literally means four
eyes.
The number of black on tan Jindos was alarmingly
low a decade ago due to the Korean government historically recognizing
only red and white Jindos. However, their popularity has skyrocketed
in the past decade, mostly due to the efforts of Mr. Woo, Mu Jong of the
KNDA promoting the benefits of black skin pigment in dogs.
The Naenunbakyi's are the third most common
color among Jindos now.
The black & tan markings on the dog
should be clearly defined. The tan portions on the dog can be completely
tan or it fade into white.
Genetically, the black & tan markings
are caused by atat.
The tan fading into the white is determined
by whether the dog has any cch genes.
The KNDA says, "this type is very important
for the stabilization of pigments." From a limited number of
test breedings, this color seems to restore the black noses on white dogs
and give a brown-fawn color on red dogs. However, there isn't a consensus
that this validates black-nosed white dogs as of yet.
The most serious problem with the black
& tans is the suspicious explosion of their numbers. According
to one observer in Korea, it used to be that no one had a black & tan
dog and then in the span of two years, almost every single kennel in Korea
had one. The "optomistic" explanation is that this is due to
intensive in-breeding and over-utilization of black&tan sires or carriers
of the black&tan gene. (It's ironic that in the quest to
regain black skin pigment to improve skin problems, the dog's immunity
has been weakened with the narrowing of the gene pool.)
The more depressing explanation is that
people have utilized foreign breeds, such as the Japanese Shiba, the Doberman,
and Rottweiler, to reintroduce this color. This explanation
is especially real (and painful) when one actually sees obviously mixed
dogs being promoted in various Jindo publications as purebred Jindos.
Jindo-Doberman mixes typically reveal themselves in their "unnatural" feel,
their "thin" impression, and odd colors similar to those found in red-,
blue-, and isabella-colored Dobermans. These are colors that require
dilution genes that are not normally found in Jindos. Jindo-Rottweiler
mixes are very obvious in the first generation, especially in the head,
but subsequent generations are harder to pick out as the Rottweiler's thickness
meshes well with the Jindo's thickness. Both types of mixes will
sometimes reveal themselves in the quality of their coats and the tinge
of their color.
Jaegu
(grey, wolf-colored, ash, sesame?)
It's my opinion that the Jaegu appears
to be the most complicated color in the Jindo breed. I believe
there are several genes and gene combinations that give rise to the dogs
that are referred to as Jaegu. The one trait that ties them
together is the appearance of red, black, and white hairs.
The most common Jaegu is one that is due
to Ay at. This
is the most common because the distribution of the black/tan gene, at
, has skytrocketed in the Jindo gene pool, and of course, there has always
been yellow Jindos with Ay around.
Ideally, according to Jindo county residents,
a Jaegu has darker fur covers the upper portion of the body and head.
Also, in the sun, the coat looks blue (look under fur to see what I mean).
It is incorrect to state any red Jindo with black fur is a Jaegu. It must
have the bluish sheen in sun or else it is referred to as Hwanggu or black-haired
Hwanggu. I've noticed that with these dogs, the dark pattern usually
appears as a widow's peak on the forehead. Here are what I think
are examples of this gene combination:
Jindo County Greys
Grey
female from Mr. Kang's site
Grey
female from Mr. Kang's site
Close-up
of fur from Mr. Kang's site
Greys photographed by Mr. Yim, Yin Hak
a
grey female
another
picture of a grey female
It can be difficult and/or unpredictable
to produce this grey. There is something else that varies the expression
of this combination, something that causes Ay to be completely
dominant some times while in other times, causes it to be incompletely
dominant.
In Japanese Shibas, there's a belief that
there is a modifier affecting the expression of sesame Shibas.
I believe something similar exist in Jindos.
Ay
at plus
another set of modifer genes
Here are some examples of what could
be modifiers varying three dogs' appearance though they all share Ay
at genes.
"BoRee" - Ayat,
Ccch
father - black& tan -
atat,
Ccch
mother - white - Ay
?, cchcch
photo by Bruce Kwon? |
"Ari" - Ay
at, Ccch
father - white - Ay
?, cchcch
mother - black&tan -
atat,
Ccch
photo by Ann Kim
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"Ranger" - Ay
at, C ?
father - black&tan -
atat,
C ?
mother - red - Ay
?, C ?
photo by Johnathan Lee |
It is this little understood modifer
that makes a correctly-marked Jaegu (or correctly-marked sesame Shiba)
difficult to obtain.
A less common Jaegu is probably caused
by another gene which can be masked if present in the other Jindo colors.
This gene is not present in the majority of the dog breeds in the world,
but it is still present in wolves, German Shepherds, and some less commericalized
spitzes and livestock guardians. I believe the Japanese Shikoku also
naturally carries this gene.
 
Examples of Japanese Shikoku at a NIPPO
show in Japan.
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I think I was informed that this gene is
recessive to Ay and semi-dominant to at?
(Ay
= red or Agouti yellow gene < ag
= agouti-grey gene < at = black&tan
gene)
Sometimes the gene is denoted as A, which
is an acknowledgement that the gene is wild-type (ie. from wolves).
A trademark of this gene is for the "grey"
to extend as a full mask and not just as a widow's peak. Eye
spots can be faintly visible in most dogs. The Korean National
Dog Association had examples of this in their 1996 KNDA hardcover book.
The two dogs on the left might also have
some other genes their background which would account for their less vibrant
color when compared to actual wolves.
Since one type of the Jaegu requires a
black&tan gene, problems with black&tan mixes are shared with this
color. In addition, German shepherd-Jindo mixes are sometimes mistaken
for Jaegu.
When is a Jaegu
Jindo not a grey Jindo?
According to the oldtimers on the island,
there is another color called Jaegu or "wolf-color."
"Cheesecake", owned by Mr.
Lim, Ik Ho
This type of Jaegu appears as a normal
baekgu Jindo at birth, but instead of becoming lighter as the dog matures,
the coat become darker and redder. It's believed that this dog would
have grown the normal Jaegu grey color, but because it was lacking the
desired black pigments (ie. loss of the black&tan genes), it turned
this color instead. (source: Yoon, June Ho)
Based on mouse studies and the Jaegu connection,
this color is speculated to be cause by the chichilla-dilute extreme genes
acting on a black&tan dog.
atat, ce
ce
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Hogu or Hopi
(tiger pattern,
red-brindle, brindle)
Photo by Mr. Woo of
the Korean
National Dog Association.(p.69) |
The term "Ho" is associated with tiger.
The 1988 Seoul Olympics had a tiger mascot named Hodori. The Korean
name for tiger is Horangyi.
This coat appears in the Jindo as a red
background with thin, clearly defined black lines running vertically through
the body. Puppies should show brindling at a young age. This
used to be considered a rare color, but numbers are increasing very rapidly
as brindling is passed down via a dominant gene, Ebr.
So, the gene combinations that give rise
to red-brindles are as follows:
AyAyor
Ayat
with
either EbrEbror EbrE.
It's theoretically possible to have a brindled
black&tan (brindling shown on the tan legs), but these are probably
just labeled Naenunbakyi's. Their genes would be the following:
atat
with
either EbrEbror
EbrE.
The mixes to beware of are Kai-Jindo mixes.
Stance, eye shape/position, and coloring are just a few of the features
to look for. Red-brindled Kai's and highly-colored black-brindled
Kai's tend to have blurrier lines than Jindos.
| Japanese Kai |
Korean Jindo |
CH.
Walnut Valley's Mavrik O' MM owned by Classy Kennel
Photo:
Marian Campbell |
HoJinYi
photo posted by Woo Joo
Sung on the KNDA board |
Sony
Photo:
Colorado Shiba Rescue |
PoHang |
a
young black-brindle female Kai, Dolly
the
brindling pattern appears after multiple sheds
Photo:
Marian Campbell |
A young Jindo
from Jindok Gae by
Yoon (p. 125) |
Recently, the number of brindled Akita-Jindo
mixes have increased. Their stripes tend to be distinct and their
base color is not as dark as Kai and Kai-Jindo mixes. Head style
can range from resembling Japanese Akita to American Akita.
Extinct Hogu?
There is some contention, in the minority,
that believes that this color is extinct in purebred Jindos (due to the
inaccurate old protection law) and the ones seen today are the result of
mixings.
There is some merit to that theory as unlike
the black&tans and greys, the brindle color is expressed dominantly
and it is very easy to breed out dominant colors more than recessive colors.
However, the interaction of one of the brindle genes with both copies of
the chinchilla-dilute gene is unknown in Jindos. There are
no pictures of white dogs with stripes (at least, not that I know of) and
if the chinchilla-dilute can truly repress the expression of brindling,
then it is feasible that purebred hogu Jindos can "reappear" out of the
traditionally white lines outcrossed to red dogs. Just my opinion,
again.
Update: There has been a report of a white
hogu that was born, but the puppy was soon stolen from the breeder.
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| 4/9/05 UPDATE:
According to some canine geneticists, the brindle gene does not exist on
the E loci. However, the actual location is unknown. The brindle
gene still follows the dominant mode of expression though. |
Heukgu
(solid black)
a black Jindo from the old
Jindo Country site
original source unknown |
a
solid black photographed by Mr Yim, Yin Hak
Black is an uncommon color for a Jindo,
but it's not due to genetics. Puzzlingly, it seems to be the least
favorite color among organizations as about half of the various Jindo organizations
do not recognize it as a valid color. In general, the average Koreans
also do not like the color. I don't understand the unpopularity of
the color. Superstition maybe?
In the late 1990's, I was told by one organization
that there are no accounts of solid black Jindos in historical records
and the "recent" appearance of this color is due to Chow-Chow mix blood.
Although I didn't doubt the absense of those records (there aren't many
about Jindos in general and "black" could be confused with "black &
tan"), I wasn't too convinced. Among wild canines such as wolves
and Dingos, solid black is considered a valid "primitive" color.
The Chejudo dog comes in solid black.
In 2001, that particular organization softened
its position to state that solid black pure Jindos are hard to find among
the Chow-Chow and Japanese breed mixes (ie. Kai).
An independent oldtimer tells me that there
are certain characteristics of solid black Jindos that should be present
and are lacking in the black dogs seen these days. The first thing
that should be noted is that black Jindos are not solid black. They
should be edged with white under the armpits, behind the legs, and in the
private areas. I think this is caused by the peaking of the
lighter colored undercoat through the fur?
The thick undercoat must be present.
Some people have mistaken lab mixes as black Jindos, but analysis of the
coat would have ruled it out. Simple fur, laying flat or short in
length, instead of the medium-length double-layer is a sign that
the dog is not a Jindo.
I speculated years ago that maybe the solid
black on the Jindo is a version of black-brindle, just like it would be
on a Kai. Due to the input of a Jindo judge who has seen a "black-brindle
Jindo", I'm leaning towards the position that black-brindles should not
exist in the Jindo breed now. I'm hoping that the expected
Kai book in English will have the information I need to resolve this theory.
Because solid black is such a controversial
color, I strongly recommend that deliberate breeders of solid black Jindos
breed very carefully and very closely to their preferred Jindo standard.
Afterall, nothing undermines the pro-black stance than people presenting
black 'Jindos' that don't even look or act like Jindos.
In dogs, the solid black coat color can
be caused by either a dominant or recessive gene. Further study
on this color would be need within Jindos, but it appears to be recessive
to the red gene.
BaDukYi?
(Pinto)
Pinto is a controversial pattern.
Although there is growing acceptance that it occurs in Jindos, there is
still strong sentiment that no pure Jindo should resemble the common Korean
street mongrel located on the mainland. The mongrel is called BaDukYi,
which is like "puppy" or "doggie" in English expression.
Pinto is the result of a white-patterning
gene that is in the same family as piebald, pure white (associated with
deafness), white-spotting, etc. It is usually a
recessive gene to full color, but it has an accumulative effect.
Continually breeding mis-marked Jindos with white socks to each other will
sometimes produce a pinto.
I don't advocate that people try to breed
for pintos. There is a narrow range whereby a pinto can be ethically
produced, with too much white possibly leading to deafness or at least
pinker skin, and too little white leading to undesirable dogs with white
socks/tails.
Most Jindo organizations do not recognize
pinto.
For more details on the genetics
of coat colors, goto
Canine
Coat Color or Coat
Color Genetics.
In summary, here are my assumptions regarding
the genetics behind the Jindo's coat color:
A, the agouti series:
| AyAy |
Hwanggu |
| Ayat |
Hwanggu, darker with more black
hairs
Some kinds of Jaegu might fall
under here
Ay is incompletely dominant
over at |
| atat |
Naenunbaky/Heukgal
Black with tan points |
| awaw ? |
I don't think this gene is found in Jindos
or is the cause of Jaegu?
The color is described as "salt&pepper"
such as found on the Norwegian Elkhound.
The tan is replaced by a pale cream to
pale gray color
The hairs are normally banded - not just
the scattering of black-tipped hairs sometimes seen in a sable, but several
bands of alternating light and black pigment along the length of the hair. |
C, the albino series:
| CC |
full color |
| Ccch |
should be full color
theorized that there's an incomplete dominance
relationship |
| cchcch |
dilution of red color
partial dilution of black
cch is called chincilla-dilute
Unlike albino cc which cannot produce
working tyrosinase, these dogs should be free from the defect |
| cece |
chinchilla-dilute extreme. A theorized
gene that makes red animals starkly white and black&tan animals buff
in color. |
Some Possible Effects of cchcch
| AyAycchcch |
Baekgu. Dogs are creamy-white
with occassional streaks of red/tan behind the ears and along the back
(areas where hairs would normally be darker on a Hwanggu). Likely
to have flesh-colored nose. |
| Ayatcchcch |
Baekgu. Possible to
have black-colored noses? |
| atatcchcch |
Naenunbakyi/Heukgal.
Black
& tan with the tan portions faded into white.
Some kinds of faded/bluish black&tan,
like the KNDA's Jaegu? |
| AyAy cece
or
Ayat cece |
Theorized.
"Kishu" white? Brillant snow-white
coat with black skin pigments and black nose. |
| atat cece |
Theorized.
The beige-colored Jaegu with flesh-colored
nose? Dogs gets redder as they age. |
E, the extension series (this series
is debatable):
| Em |
This masking gene replaces phaeomelanin
(tan) with eumelanin (black) over part of the dog
Strength of this masking varies.
At it weakest, it produces black hair fringing the mouth, or a slightly
smutty muzzle.
At its strongest most of the head is black,
and there is considerable blackening of chest and legs |
| Ebr |
Hogu.
This brindling gene causes black, vertical
stripes on a sable/fawn background. Coupled with atat,
the dog appears black with only brindling on its legs. This gene
might be moved to a different loci. |
| E |
Normal extension of black, allows the
A-series alleles to show through with no masking or brindling.
It is apparently recessive to both Em
and Ebr. |
| e |
Recessive yellow. Represses the
expression of black hairs. Theorized to cause Baekgu. |
There are multiple genes that produce the
solid black color in dogs. Without further information, the exact
gene in the Jindo cannot be determined.
last updated 2/14/07
