What color will the pups be

[robertap44]

If i mix a red male with a black female what color will the pups be?

[lankeela]

Depends on whether the parents of either dog carries the gene for other colours. For example if you were talking about black/yellow labradors, if a black dog was sired by a yellow dog (bb) out of a black bitch (BB - 'pure' black; or Bb - black carrying yellow), then the pup will be Bb. If mated to another BB black, then half the pups would be BB and the other half Bb; ie all black. If mated to a Bb (black carrying yellow) theoretically there would be a quarter of the litter BB ('pure black'), half Bb (black carrying yellow), and the final quarter bb (yellow).