They may be an anomaly but they are also gorgeous pups and seem to bask in the glow of their differences! What do you think?
#1 What is the long hair gene in dogs
The long hair gene is a gene that produces a layer with higher capillary length in numerous breeds.#2 Longhaired Frenchies exist
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#3 Why does this “anomaly” occur
The dog, in this case the french bulldog has long hair because the breeder probably crossed a female and a male with the gene although they have short hair being carriers thereof and therefore their puppies are born with long hair like some frenchies and other races. A dog with two copies of the recessive gene variant are affected, will express the phenotype and pass a copy of the variant gene to their offspring 100% of the time.
Again, they are very unusual dogs and, right now, very few people own them. The photos above are from Spain!
We would love to see more of these doggies make it closer to home. One day we would also love to see them accepted into dog shows. Their hair may be the result of an autosomal recessive disease, meaning no genetic dominance.
Also, both parents have to transmit the gene for the Frenchie to have long hair – but that just serves to make them more fascinating!
For more on long haired Frenchies, check out Frenchie Mania.
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