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this last union and their daughters can be bred 

 to dark mahogany brindle dogs, when the golden 

 brindle sire comes in play again. This can be 

 repeated indefinitely. A rule in color breeding 

 to be observed is this: that the male largely in- 

 fluences the color of the pups. If darker colors 

 are desired, use a darker male than the female. 

 If lighter shades are desired, use a lighter col- 

 ored male. 



If a tiger brindle is wanted, take a gray brin- 

 dle bitch and mate to a dark mahogany dog. 

 Steel and gray brindles are in so little demand 

 and are so easy to produce that we shall not 

 notice them. 



In regard to seal brindles. A great many 

 breeders who do not understand proper breed- 

 ing to obtain them have fallen into the same pit 

 as the others. In their desire to obtain the dark 

 seal brindles they have mated very dark dogs to 

 equally dark bitches, which has resulted in a few 

 generations in producing dogs absolutely black 

 in color, with coats that look as if they had been 

 steeped in a pail of ink. A visit to any of the 

 leading shows of late will reveal the fact that 

 quite a number of candidates for bench honors 

 are not real brindle, except possibly on the 

 under side of the body, or perchance a slight 

 shading on the legs. A considerable number are 

 perfectly black, and are called by courtesy black 

 brindles. As well call the ace of spades by the 



