RE: Breeding hidden true recessives.
Read what I posted. It IS the answer to your question.
The more dominant you go, the longer it is until you're left with no choice but to work with Salt and Pepper and run the risk of losing the genetic material entirely.
It's not a question of changing the odds.
NOTHING can change the odds.
One of the primary goals, when designing our breeding programs, is to use the odds wisely.
The only "easier" choice, when breeding, is to breed our goal against something more recessive. This is NOT POSSIBLE (at present) for Snowshoe Cream because there is NOTHING more recessive.
So, we're left with "wiser" and it's wiser to chose to purchase "Red Tabby Hides Snowshoe Cream" than to purchase "Salt And Pepper Hides Showshoe Cream" .. why? .. because the Red Tabby gives us more choices, where the Salt and Pepper does not, and the Salt And Pepper has a risk of permanent failure, where the Red Tabby does not.
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