BMC--pink paw pads??

[mod93dirt]

I've got an 11 wk old litter of bmc's on the ground right now. From the seven that survived, there are two of them that have a significant amount of pink in there pads.  Not sure if coincidence or not, but both of them are males, both of them are the only ones from the litter to have double rear dew claws, and both of them are the only ones to have white skin patches on their bellies and a little way up their necks.

So what's up with the pink pads? Is this a genetic defect, or some recessive gene or what? The pink pads don't necessarily bother me, but this is the first litter of pups I've had, and the mom and dad don't have the pink, so I am just wondering where it comes from and what the deal is.

[KevinN]

Got a couple out of my litter that are the same....but they have white on feet as well.

I do think its genetics....but not a deformity....just Skeletons in the closet way back 

[Reuben]

They are called performance enhancement genes injected from behind the wood pile...happens on a regular basis but usually no credit is given due to denial...this way we can claim full blooded and sometimes with papers for proof...   

[halfbreed]

   lol  I like that reuben  .

[Yeller]

Most of the yeller dogs I've seen with dewclaws are ladner bmc ...

[mod93dirt]

Thanks for the replies y'all. I figured it was just something mixed in their from way back. These pups don't have papers, and the only dog I would for sure  be able to trace for generations back would be the dad to the dad of this litter. This was the males first time to breed, but the female has had a few litters. I know she has thrown the double dew claws before, but not sure about the pink pads.

Now with that said I have another question.  Assuming my pups make the cut and prove breed worthy on down the road,  would the pink paw dogs i have be more likely to throw more pink pad pups vs the non pink ones, or does it not matter since those genes are apparently in their somewhere?  Seeing as neither the mom or dad to this litter have pink pads.  If the pups grow up and make a hand, I don't really care if their pads come out neon green, I'm just curious how the genetics of all this work out.

[Reuben]

since the parents don't have pink pads then the pink is recessive to dark pads so it can pop up anytime if one or both parents carry that trait even if they do not display it...that means that this could pop up again even with the pups you have now but both parents would have to carry those traits for it to happen...

this to me also means that for the pups to have pink pads then they inherited from both parents and if you breed 2 dogs with pink pads all pups will probably be born with pink pads...I can't say for sure but chances are I may be right...

If you breed a dog that is not carrying this trait to one that displays the trait none of the pups will have pink pads but some will be carriers and these pups bred to the wrong dog will produce some that will be born with the pink pads and some that will continue to be carriers without displaying pink pads...

so the best thing to do is try to not breed this way unless it is one heck of a dog in all other areas...