Different Breeds of Guinea Pigs (A Breeders view)

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Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:06 pm


Nice pics!

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3 Little Pigs

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:24 pm


I posted a photo of my ridgeback, Hannah, back on page 4.

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:37 pm


It is a nice pic, 3LP, but Hannah is not a Ridgeback. She is a white crested with some "extras." I would like to post some pics of these other unique pigs on another section. Just because they aren't a specific breed or type doesn't lessen them at all, but their uniqueness does place them in another class altogether. Right now, I'm gathering pigs that are most representative of the other individual breeds, but with your permission, I would love to show Hannah on the lovable, unique pigs page!

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:44 pm


Ugh, well I'm trying to research Ridgebacks and it appears some places do consider Ridgebacks with Crests actual Ridgebacks. I don't know what the standards say (my books are buried in boxes right now), but that casts more doubts on the fact it is actually a breed.

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:05 pm



Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:18 pm



Tammy

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:33 pm


Jo - Betty Boop is actually a TSW, she's got a big blotch of black on her other rump. Here's a pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/ ... Boop12.jpg


Another interesting fact... Kramer was from a pet store. Both his parents were Smooth Shorthaired Americans. His brother and sisters were all smooth haired. I think they were trying to breed Dutch colored pigs because they were all like that.

CocoBean is a tortoiseshell.

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3 Little Pigs

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:13 pm


That's no problem, Josephine. You can use any o my pics on whatever page you want.

I do remember reading on a pro-breeding forum that ridgebacks are really just bad abbys, but I'm not sure of that.

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:31 pm


Here's a mockup of the pics you have suggested. I cropped them to a max size of 540 pixels wide (some were too small to resize larger). If it gets too picture heavy, some of the pics will turn into links so it is not a bear to load.

https://www.guinealynx.info/coat.html

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:40 pm


Ugh, sorry Tammy. You are certainly right. What a difference a pic makes!

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:44 pm


Wow, Lynx, that's nice. I would break up the descriptions some into complete sentences or phrases. I guess I didn't think that the descriptions I added would be permanent captions.

Tammy's Betty should be a Tortoiseshell and White, not a Broken as I thought from that original pic.

I think I decided Heddwyn was Cream? I guess I'd better round up some other color people.
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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:46 pm


I think if we call Betty Boop a TSW, maybe use a different pic? People may not notice the black at all.

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