"Ticking" Marks

"Ticking" Marks

What are these marks? Is the proper name ticking marks and where do they stem from? Are they hereditary? Anyone that has knowledge, please satisfy my curiousity..

 

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im not sure of the hereditary but the name is merle.

 

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UMMMM OK

Anyone else KNOW?

 

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i am not sure what it is called but my dogs belly has them on it. his belly is white and has black spots like that. i know it is not merle. never heard a name for it.

 

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it is just the pigment in the skin that supports that color, alot of thorough bred dogs have it, i have a jack russell that has champion bloodlines that we paid over a dime for and she has them.

 

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merle comes from a different breed of dog, as found in many books.

 

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She's not Merle but yet spotted, LOL. What do you mean by thorough bred Big river? This is a picture of her father and her mother for the merle presa.. LOL

I noticed he has a few on his chest (spots)

 

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The dog in question is NOT merle.
She is just spotted, and possibly ticked.
Ticking are spots on the skin (under the hair)
usually increase in number and size as the pup grows to adult,
but generally they are quarter size or smaller.
Generally the ticking spots are more apparent when the dog is wet
such as after a bath.
Hope this helps...if not send me a message.
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Classic

 

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Correct classic, merle ussually comes in a blue form and is more of a "splotch" then a spot

 

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Hey Jenn...

I forgot to add that we have a real looker with a gazillion ticking spots.
Don't let peeps get to you when they say,
"Is that dog part dalmation?"
We have heard it a million times, and it is just ignorance.
You have a nice looking dog !

 

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i think the ticking marks show up more on white dogs but even colored dogs can have them spots to

 

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definately not a merle. i have a female that has the same spots. not to bad but they are starting to come in more. about them being hereditary i think they might be. my cousin has the sire and dam of my female, they're also the grand sire and dam to another of my females. both of them have the spots on their ears and the older one has them other places also. i noticed every dog that the dad throws off that is mostly white has those spots, and all of those same dogs have them on the ears as does the sire. it's his trademark. so we say at least.

 

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hey jenn i feel your worries, i just got a pup like 4 months ago and he kinda looked mixed to me casue he was the only one in his litter to have the "tick" spots but now he's looking more like a gamer

 

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I have 1 of those Dalmation looking dogs. I have people ask all the time if he is part Dalmation. His markings are like yours but more of them and bigger spots. At first the dappling was primarily on his skin but as he matures the color is beginning to show in the hair over the skin spot.

He is 1 year old the 28th of this month and now he is spotted with quarter,nickel, and dime sized spots that range from black to a dilute black/blue with brindle hints.

I have him at work today so if someone here at work will help me with my technical difficulties I will try to upload some pictures of the "Doose"

 

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LOL - yes, I have had many people tell me "NICE DALMATION" and I just say Thanks...
It's best that way they can stay ignorant, LOL it doesn't bother me. When I took her home she was solid white with the Large "MOO MOO" patterns and mask. As she has gotten older she has obtained MORE SPOTS, LOL. I think she gets a new one every day LOL and YES YES that are SO much more obvious when she is wet. I was just mainly curious as to what the heck they were, Thanks for the info Classic!

HEY pit stop - click on manage attachments after you hit reply and then browse to your picture. (best I can do)

 

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Hey Gatorfangs - cute pup! Sorry though LOL I can't resist --> Is that a couch in your yard?????

 

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yea it is, my dogs got to it when it was in the living room, ill take a pic to see the damage they did. its been outside for like 4 days now.

 

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ok i need to fix a lil mess up i did in my 1st post, i got my pup 2 months ago, he's 4 months old, not i got him 4 months ago.

 

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codies dad when i went up to california and saw my brother....well rocky has the ticking spots to...you really can see them in this pic but he does have them...what was really funny is my brother had him under a tree (a berry tree of some sort) and he had layed down in the berries...he had purple spots all over him...i really with i would of had a picture of that...lol
i believe you would call the coloring of his ears merle ..right???... but he does have the ticking spot all over under his fur...the only coloring of his fur is on his head though...

 

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No, these are examples of a MERLE dog. I found these on the internet - just did a quick search.