FIRST, LET ME SAY THERE ARE ABSOLUTLY NO RARE COLORS IN GREAT DANES. WHEN IT COMES TO BREEDING HARLEQUIN GREAT DANES, WE CAN SOMETIMES GET SOME VERY STRANGE COLORS. WE TRY TO BREED A COLOR PURE PEDIGREE, HOWEVER, IN MOST OF THE GOOD, OLD, HARLEQUIN BLOODLINES YOU WILL FIND A FAWN OR TWO BACK IN THE PEDIGREE. BE IT THE FOURTH OR FIFTH GENERATION OR MORE. IF BOTH THE HARL SIRE AND HARL DAM HAVE A FAWN IN THEIR PEDIGREE, BE IT ON ONE SIDE OR BOTH SIDES, THEY CAN CARRY THE RECESSIVE FOR FAWN, THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE FAWNTLE AND FAWNEQUIN COLOR. IT TAKES TWO RECESSIVES TO MAKE THIS COLOR HAPPEN. THESE COLORS ARE NOT RARE BY ANY MEANS, NOR SHOULD THEY EVER BE REFERRED TO AS SUCH. THEY ARE MIS- MARKED PUPPIES, NO DIFFERENT THAN A BLACK WITH TOO MUCH WHITE OR A MERLE. THESE COLORS OCCUR OFTEN AND FREQUENTLY IN HARLEQUIN SHOW LITTERS, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN BLOODLINES, ALTHOUGH SOME SHOW BREEDERS DO NOT WANT TO ADMIT TO IT. SOME BREEDERS OF FAWN GREAT DANES INSIST THAT THEY BE PUT DOWN OR "HID AWAY" OR AND I QUOTE FROM ONE FAWN BREEDER, "TAKE IT TO A SHELTER AND DISPOSE OF IT". I REFUSED TO DO SO. SOME BREEDERS PUT THE PUPPIES DOWN AT BIRTH AS IF THEY ARE SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF, SOME WILL PLACE THEM IN PET HOMES, BUT NEVER ADMIT THAT THEY HAD THEM IN THEIR LITTER, AND OTHERS WILL BE HONEST AND UP FRONT, ADMIT THAT THEY HAD THEM IN THEIR LITTER, POST THEIR PHOTOS ON THE PUPPY PAGE ADDING THEY ARE NOT RARE COLORS JUST MISMARKS, AND PLACE THEM IN PET HOMES WITH A SPAY OR NEUTER CONTRACT AND A LIMITED REGISTRATION. REGARDLESS OF WHAT BREEDERS DO WITH THESE MISMARK PUPPIES, THESE COLORS EXIST, THEY WILL NOT GO AWAY, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT IT. A HEAD IN THE SAND ATTITUDE ONLY PROMOTES BACKYARD BREEDERS TRYING TO PASS THESE OFF AS RARE COLORS!
BY INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATING POTENTIAL PUPPY BUYERS ABOUT THESE COLORS, BACKYARD BREEDERS OR UN-REPUTABLE BREEDERS ARE LESS APT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUPPY BUYERS BY CLAIMING THESE ARE RARE COLORS AND CAN BE HAD FOR THE PRICE OF $2000.00 OR MORE. THESE PUPPIES SHOULD NOT COST ANY MORE THAN A MERLE OR A BLACK WITH TOO MUCH WHITE. ANY BREEDER WHO TRIES TO PASS THESE OFF AS "RARE COLORS" IS A SCAM ARTIST AND A VERY POOR BREEDER. ALSO, ANYONE WHO BREEDS TO PRODUCE THESE COLORS DELIBERETLY SHOULD BE CHASTIZED AND HUNG FROM THE NEAREST TREE.
SOME OF THE OTHER COLORS THAT HAPPEN ARE, BLUE-E-QUINS (BLUE MARKED HARLEQUIN) BRINDLE-QUINS (BRINDLE PATCHES ) BLUE MANTLES.
FOR MORE INFO ON THESE COLORS, PLEAE VISIT J P YOUSHA'S WEBSITE, HERE IS THE LINK.
CHROMA DANE
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