Identifying chocolate in GHI

[tleyba]

Hi there!
This girl was sold to me as a pastel butter chocolate ghi, coming from a super pastel butter cinnamon x super ghi chocolate pairing.

to no fault of the breeders, I have come to believe that she is actually a pewter butter ghi, with no chocolate.

Here is a photo of my girl

here is a photo of a pewter butter ghi

I know chocolate is extremely difficult to ID in GHI, so I’m hoping for opinions! In no way am I mad at the breeder at all, I still enjoy this girl and plan on breeding her to know for sure. But for those who are good with genetics, I am hoping for insight thanks.

[saleengrinch]

@tleyba

pastel butter chocolate ghi,

I personally agree with that id

[tleyba]

can i ask why? i’m curious for any insight

[saleengrinch]

For me it’s the color. Your gal just doesn’t look like she has cinnamon to me. But I can see the chocolate influence on the color around the dorsal area.

[tleyba]

ahh okay, i see! i don’t work with chocolate much so it’s hard for me to decipher the markers. thanks for your input

[ballornothing]

I tend to agree with @saleengrinch here. See the ‘zipper’ saddle pattern on the pewter lesser ghi vs the dot dash pattern on yours. When GHI pattern dominates a combo it will often have that zipper. When I say ‘zipper’ i mean a broken saddle pattern that doesn’t line up and goes back and forth like this Super Pastel GHI

[tleyba]

ahh i see what you’re saying about the dorsal. so the chocolate is influencing the dot dash rather than the zipper?

[ballornothing]

That would be my guess