Is the Maple Golden Retriever a purebred? Is there a Maple Golden Retriever among the double-blood Golden Retrievers?

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Sarah Johnson

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Is the Maple Golden Retriever a purebred? Is there a Maple Golden Retriever among the double-blood Golden Retrievers?

Photos and characteristics of Maple Leaf Golden Retrievers

Maple Leaf Red Golden Retrievers grow up when they are young. Analysis: The difference between Maple Leaf Red Golden Retrievers and normal Golden Retrievers. Maple Leaf Red Golden Retrievers have a very uniform color when they are young. , each litter has one color. Even in a dog farm that specializes in breeding maple leaf reds, no matter who the dog’s parents are, the puppies will have the same coat color... After adulthood, the coat color of maple leaf red golden retrievers is likely to be very small. Close to a color. Deep red, commonly known as "maple leaf red".

Photos and description of characteristics of Golden Retrievers


Golden Retrievers as children
When Golden Retrievers grow up, we can see that when Golden Retrievers are young, even in the same litter of puppies, there will be various The dark and light coat colors are inseparable from the coat color genes of the golden retriever breed.
Golden retrievers have nine coat colors, from light gold to dark gold. When dogs inherit it, children who do not have dark-colored parents will also have dark colors. There is also a chance of inheritance from generation to generation, and it can be passed down to grandparents and great-grandparents. Genes inherited from great-great-grandparents, or even ten generations ago, are theoretically possible. This is doomed. It is difficult to achieve one coat color per litter (unless it is the coat color gene that was strengthened by repeated mating with super close relatives in previous generations, but this mating method has great health risks for future generations), let alone something like maple leaf red. Like a dog farm, all the litters come out with the same coat color. When a bloodline golden retriever reaches adulthood, even if it is a light golden or dark golden retriever, there will be differences in the coat color of different parts. The back is the darkest, the legs and chest hair are one color lighter, and the butt, tail and belly hair are the lightest ~ it is difficult to see a golden retriever One color from head to toe. Analysis: Is there maple leaf red in golden retrievers? Take the growth process of PINKY, the coat color of Union's dark gold, as an example:
PINKY is the lightest color in dark gold. We can see that during the puppy stage, his coat is a bit darker. It’s not dark either, unlike Maple Red Golden Retriever, which is dark when it’s born. When it grows up, it has the same coat color as when it was a child... A true bloodline Golden Retriever will gradually change its coat color to its own color number during the growth period, but some parts will still be retained. The coat color of gold or even light gold does not mean that the whole body is dark gold. When I was on Baidu, I also saw the promotion of the dog farm. The ancestor of the Maple Leaf Red Golden Retriever, the "Irish Setter", is called this... It really looks like the Maple Leaf Red Golden Retriever... So, the deep gold in the pedigree Golden Retriever It is not maple leaf red, nor does it contain maple leaf red; maple leaf red golden retriever can only be regarded as the characteristic improved golden retriever of the Chinese dog circle, and does not exist in the real bloodline golden retriever.