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What do these abbreviations mean?
You will notice that some of the dogs have an (LH) after their name.
This is a system that I have adopted to help future breeders of the
Weimaraner and Weimaraner Longhair. (LH) simply means the Weimaraner
in question is a Weimaraner longhair. Some people write this as (L).
Most people don't even use either. I hope this system will
eventually be used by all Weimaraner owners to help distinguish
between the two breeds. Others have an LHC (or earlier **) after
their name. This simply means that that dog is a known or proven
carrier of the longhair gene.
There are only three ways for a dog
to be a carrier:
1) One of their parents was a longhair,
2) One or both of their parents was a known carrier and the pup in
question has a double coat
3) The dog in question has produced a longhair puppy.
What does having a longhair or
longhair gene mean?
Weimaraner Longhairs are now classified in Australia as a separate
breed of Weimaraner, however it is still permissable to breed
Weimaraners to Weimaraner (Longhairs). In the showring Weimaraner
Longhairs are judged separately which means they have a better
chance of getting their championship points than when they are
judged with the shorthairs as the two breeds look quite different.
If a longhair is bred to another longhair all their pups will be
longhair.
If a longhair is bred to a longhair carrier then they
will produce 50% longhairs and 50% shorthairs carrying the
longhair gene. (This is what we did with
Breeze’s litter which is why there are
four longhairs and 3 shorthairs all carrying the longhair gene).
If a longhair is bred to a
shorthair not carrying the longhair gene then ALL of their pups
will be shorthair but all will CARRY the longhair gene.
(This is what we did with Sasha’s I
litter to bring the longhair gene to an American line which
usually never carry longhair genes because longhairs are
disqualified in America).
The LHC denotes that the dogs are confirmed longhair
carriers. This means they look like a shorthair and are judged in
the shorthair class. If they were bred to a dog carrying the
longhair gene they would produce 25% longhair, 50% shorthair
(but carrying the longhair gene like them) and 25% shorthair
pups (in other words three quarters of the pups would appear to
be shorthairs (most carriers) and one quarter would be longhairs).
If bred to a longhair they would produce 50% longhair
pups and 50% shorthair but all carrying the longhair gene.
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