What is a Roan

A roan cocker is a type of parti or tri-color that has roaning patterns. The white hairs will develop the predominate color throughout the coat. For example, a pup may be born brown and white and if the roan gene is present, the pup will produce brown hairs throughout most of its white coat. The same is true of a blue roan. This pup would be born black and white with the roaning pattern producing a very attractive bluish coat. A roan can only come from a roan. One of the parents must be a roan to pass on the gene. Pups who inherit the gene will develop their shading around 2 to 3 weeks of age.

A roan cocker is a type of parti or tri-color that has roaning patterns. The white hairs will develop the predominate color throughout the coat. For example, a pup may be born brown and white and if the roan gene is present, the pup will produce brown hairs throughout most of its white coat. The same is true of a blue roan. This pup would be born black and white with the roaning pattern producing a very attractive bluish coat. A roan can only come from a roan. One of the parents must be a roan to pass on the gene. Pups who inherit the gene will develop their shading around 2 to 3 weeks of age. Blue roan progression in a puppy born 30 August 2003 from Panda and Dash

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