My ACDx barks when he is moving cattle with a " ooo " hound voice. It's a bugle, NOT a cattle dog voice. The note is sustained -roo- The cows seem surprised -- I am surprised too and try not to encourage barking, but it moves cows, it makes you laugh, he's so earnest, and then this tone......
So, I thought about a beagle in the background, and wondered how many generations it would take for the ears to go back to prick from drop.
Or, alternatively, what is voice inheritance? Are there hound folks here?
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So, I thought about a beagle in the background, and wondered how many generations it would take for the ears to go back to prick from drop.
Or, alternatively, what is voice inheritance? Are there hound folks here?
In all reality, a first gen litter could have both prick and drop ears in it - mixed litters from very different phenotypes often look like some sort of puppy trail mix... I don't know enough about genetics to say what leads to pups looking more like one parent, vs an even blend of both, but I have seen some very different looking siblings.
I can't comment on how vocal traits/styles are affected through cross breeding, but I can tell you that my 95lb ridgeback definitely has more of a bay than a bark (RRs are big hounds). He doesn't generally make a lot of noise, but when he sounds off an initial warning, it's often a long, deep - and loud - "WOOOOOO". It always startles people who are used to sharp, short barks.
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Ear shape inheritance/voice inheritance
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I don't know enough about genetics to say what leads to pups looking more like one parent, vs an even blend of both, but I have seen some very different looking siblings.
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