Inheritance of Sable in Cardigan Welsh Corgis
Kalwig Believe In Magic For Huntsville
born 09.01.2021
(Mysticor Appollo Black To Black At Kalwig - Elmsmere Co Star For Kalwig)
Owner: Denise Hunt
Best of Breed at the Vulnerable Native Breeds open show on 18 June 2023
Photo: Jo Lovell
Sable (Ay) is the top dominant in the agouti series, so a dog only needs one sable allele to express it. Sables can be clear (solid phaeomelanin), tipped or shaded (with eumelanin). These are often combined with a mask (Em), which may also increase the amount of shading present. Shading generally occurs on the back, top of the head and ears (with a distinctive "widow's peak"), and the tail.
 Red point tri sable |
 Red sable |
Skutegårdens Floke
(Skutegårdens Tiberius (brindle) x Gusigan's Snöyra (brindle point tri)
(Skutegårdens Tiberius (brindle) x Gusigan's Snöyra (brindle point tri)
 Puppy |
 About 14 weeks |
 Floke 5 years |
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Skutegårdens Mirakel
(Skutegårdens Floke (sable) x Dame Cardigarden's Madam Mim (brindle)
Photos: Helena Wiklund, Sweden
(Skutegårdens Floke (sable) x Dame Cardigarden's Madam Mim (brindle)
 8 weeks |
 9 weeks |
 12 weeks |
 16 weeks |
 6 months |
 18 months |
Sable in Cardigan Corgis
By Cathy Ochs-Cline of Vestavia Cardigans, USA
The most common colours in Cardigans are brindle, tricolor with brindle or red points, red and blue merle. While sable also is an accepted colour, it is rarer.
Sable is one of those genes that is controversial, and therefore all the following information is NOT fact. The sable gene's behavior in other breeds is clearly understood, but its relationship to brindle and other modifiers in this breed make its behavior a little more difficult. Sable is a dominant modifier gene. Sabling causes a pattern of black-tipped red hair on the body. The pigmentation is normal black. The sable pattern typically forms a black cap on the forehead and may include a black shoulder shawl and saddle on the back. Most red Cardigans express some amount of random black hairs in their coat. A true sable may have some random black hairs also, but unless the red hair is black tipped and forms a pattern, this is not a true sable.
It is theorized that a sable must carry the black gene in order to express its color. I have found this to be true in my breeding program. Since sable is only expressed in red hair, a brindle or black may carry the sable modifier without expressing it.
Modified Colors - Sable (only for Cardigans)
Although I believe a sable must carry tri to express its color,
this chart covers the possibility that sable is a completely separate modifier.
Although I believe a sable must carry tri to express its color,
this chart covers the possibility that sable is a completely separate modifier.
| Sable (carry tri) to Tan point tri | Sable, Red, tan point tri (reds and sables carry tri) |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Tan point tri | Sable, Red (all carry tri) |
| Sable to Red (both carry tri) | Sable, Red, Tan point tri (Reds and sables carry tri) |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Red (carries tri) | Sable, Red (some carry tri) |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Red (doesn't carry tri) | Sabel, Red (none carry tri |
| Sable (carries tri) to Brindle (carries tri) | Sable, Red, Tan point tri, Brindle point tri, Brindle (solid colors carry tri) |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Brindle (doesn't carry tri) | Sable, Red, Brindle (some carry tri) |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Brindle (doesn't carry try) | Sable, Red, Brindle (none carry tri) |
| Sable to Brindle (homozygous) | Brindle |
| Sable (carries tri) to Brindle point tri | Sable, Red, Tan point tri, Brindle point tri, Brindle (solid colors carry tri) |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Brindle point tri | Brindle, Red, Sable |
| Sable (carries tri) to Brindle point tri (homozygous) | Brindle, Brindle point tri |
| Sable (doesn't carry tri) to Brindle point tri (homozygous) | Brindle (all carry tri) |
Foxy (Coffieonsky) |
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| Daisy and her litter
brother Dali
(Owain Stajnia Magja (tri) x Coffieonsky (sable) |
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Daisy about 6 months |
Dali about 3 months |
Red Sables
Extract from The Inheritance of Coat Colour in the Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Part II, by J. Ken Linacre (UK)
The Dilwel line was founded on the red pointed tricolour bitch Blinkbonny Morva, and progressed through the brindle Dilwel Gweno (ayatEebr) and the red Dilwel Glesni (ayatEE). Yet it produced very few tricolours. This is believed to be due to extensive use of red dogs having the genotype ayayEE, notably Teilo Bryn and his son Ch. Southpark Gerwyn and records support this view. The line did however produce some heavily marked sables, Ch.Dilwel Gwynfil, Dilwel Magpie, SA.Ch. Dilwel Rosina and Am.Ch. Dilwel Rowena, the two latter daughters of the red bitch Dilwel Gwarwen by Teilo Bryn x Dilwel Gweno.
21.08.2023
