| E Locus |
| Lesson #5 will be based on the E Locus. The E Locus attained it's name from the word Extension. |
Cream and White Boston Terriers, sometimes known as blond and white, are one of the seemingly most
misunderstood color of the rainbow spectrum of Boston Terriers. Unknowledgeable breeders will often
times confuse newborn cream Boston Terriers for albino and vice versa. The loci responsible for these
two colors, or lack of, are distinct and separate from one another. We will discuss albino in Lesson #7.
Cream and White Boston Terriers are most always born solid white. As they age, most all of the time they
darken. As adults creams range in color from almost pure white to a medium hue of cream. Some suggest
that cream Bostons are identical to fawn Bostons when the truth is they are different. The cream color is
based on the E locus and there is absolutely no black hairs within the coat and no melanistic masking.
Oddly enough creams do have gray tinted skin under their cream tinted coat, where pink skin is under the
white coat.
Boston Terriers of the cream color also have oddly colored pigment of the nose. In estimation 99% of
creams that have been identified as such have had black pigmentation with only 1% being red pigmented.
Upon first glance of your "typical" cream Boston the nose pigment almost seems grey, but this is because
most creams have pigment on the nose that resembles a washed out appearance. It is unknown genetically
what causes this coloring. It is known that supplementing with dried sea kelp can help to darken the
pigment on the nose to a more solid black appearance if so desired.
Nose Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
misunderstood color of the rainbow spectrum of Boston Terriers. Unknowledgeable breeders will often
times confuse newborn cream Boston Terriers for albino and vice versa. The loci responsible for these
two colors, or lack of, are distinct and separate from one another. We will discuss albino in Lesson #7.
Cream and White Boston Terriers are most always born solid white. As they age, most all of the time they
darken. As adults creams range in color from almost pure white to a medium hue of cream. Some suggest
that cream Bostons are identical to fawn Bostons when the truth is they are different. The cream color is
based on the E locus and there is absolutely no black hairs within the coat and no melanistic masking.
Oddly enough creams do have gray tinted skin under their cream tinted coat, where pink skin is under the
white coat.
Boston Terriers of the cream color also have oddly colored pigment of the nose. In estimation 99% of
creams that have been identified as such have had black pigmentation with only 1% being red pigmented.
Upon first glance of your "typical" cream Boston the nose pigment almost seems grey, but this is because
most creams have pigment on the nose that resembles a washed out appearance. It is unknown genetically
what causes this coloring. It is known that supplementing with dried sea kelp can help to darken the
pigment on the nose to a more solid black appearance if so desired.
Nose Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
| Cream and White Genetically Known As: e/e ***These Boston Terriers are NOT Seal and White*** |
Honey and White Boston Terriers, also known as Honey Gold and White, are genetically the same as cream
and white Boston Terriers, however they are drastically darker and are likened to being a butterscotch
color or the same fawn color lacking the black hair.
Unlike cream Boston Terriers, honey Bostons are generally not born white. Honey and white Boston
Terriers are usually a distinct cream color when born and steadily darken to a vibrant bright honey color as
adult, hence the name. It is typical to find that like their coat, their pigment is also darker than their cream
counterparts, being a dark black color.
Nose Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
and white Boston Terriers, however they are drastically darker and are likened to being a butterscotch
color or the same fawn color lacking the black hair.
Unlike cream Boston Terriers, honey Bostons are generally not born white. Honey and white Boston
Terriers are usually a distinct cream color when born and steadily darken to a vibrant bright honey color as
adult, hence the name. It is typical to find that like their coat, their pigment is also darker than their cream
counterparts, being a dark black color.
Nose Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
| Honey and White Genetically Known As: e/e ***These Boston Terriers are NOT Seal and White*** |
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