Black spot

[brady]

I just have a question. Brady has a black spot on his tongue and so does Kodiak their friend. Tim does not have one. I noticed alot of the newfs at fun days in Eliot last year had them also. Is Tim not normal?

 

[sarnewfie]

Hi pat
some have a spot or two or three and some not at all! tim is normal

 

[Kodiak]

Riley has black spots on his tongue. Kodi has none!

 

[mudji]

Mowgli has a ton of black spots on his tongue. Angus and Mudji don't. There was a thread a while ago, on Newf-L I think, that said it was a recessive Landseer gene.

hannah

 

[sarnewfie]

i dont know that is true though guys, my sampson was from lines of all black, no landseer at all, and he had spots, i think they said that it was more the ticking gene was carried by those that had the black spots on the tongue?

 

[mudji]

That's what I meant, the ticking gene... Guess my cold kicked in there for a minute....

hannah

 

[sarnewfie]

Hannah! i am sorry, i hope you feel better soon!

 

[Annie Milliron]

Kira has a black spot on her tongue. Russell says it's the sign of the devil!!!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Monty has three black spots on his tongue. The first time I noticed them I thought something was wrong. Then I turned to newf-net and sure enough someone had brought up the subject.

Annette

 

[sarnewfie]

Karen
i dont know that it is PROVEN that the spots on the tongue are carriers of the ticking gene, and the ticking gene can be heavy or light.
i would just ride it out and see how lance turns out.
it is truly hard to breed for clear white, to me structure and temperament are first and foremost.

 

[macgirl13ca]

OK, I give what's a ticking gene?

 

[IrishMist428]

Akira has the polka dot tongue too ! I had no idea what it was from but knew other Newfs have it. I noticed it on many dogs in all the book I have. I think its cute !
I think the ticking is the black spots on the Landseers.

 

[Jeannie]

Ticking is the term used to describe the black spots on the white part of a Landseer. Ticking is not desired, so the less ticking the better!!

 

[Piratebears]

Out of interest , would dogs with "tick's" on their tongues be penalised in a show then ?