breeding wolves be like

This happens to me 99 out of 100 times and I know I'm not the only one

You’d be better off looking at the grouse house guide on genetics (it’s over at user-made guides), it has tons of information and tips so you don’t need to spend a fortune on scries that’ll likely be misleading

HONESTLY

Oh both parents have markings? Doesnt matter! Here's 4 pups that are all a solid color and only 1 that has markings but it's got doodoo colors

Yeah, it's quite annoying especially when both parents have the same or similar markings. I checked the Grouse House Guide on genetics and it doesn't make sense to me .-. one of my pups got markings from his father and it was at least 40% higher than his father's original opacity (mother doesn't carry the marking). I'm not complaining because he's my most colorful pup but it doesn't match the Grouse House guide on (mother's opacity + father's opacity)/2 ± 10%

Ack! This is so hilarious, though I haven’t really run into this sort of problem (yet) .

Anyways, good luck with all your future pups, guys! :)

@Antonia did the mother have a different marking in that slot? The opacity is independent of the markings, so if they both have markings in a slot the opacity is bumped up whether it's the same marking or not. 

I don't scry, personally (all SC going to territory slots for now) but I have had some times of breeding wolves with some excellent marking combos only to get, like, solid gold wolves. The joys of relying on luck, right? 

@ HollowWorld7, yes she does! No wonder! I didn't realize that opacity is independent of the markings.

IMO, I think the odds should be increased. In RL, the markings generally have a high chance of passing on to the offsprings. My friend used to breed mice and the odds of babies getting markings even if one parent is solid is pretty high. Another friend bred cattle and we see the same thing. Their bull is solid black but their heifers usually have white markings somewhere such as bald face and etc. Calves almost always have some kind of white markings somewhere. Yes, their markings not always identical to their mother's markings but they still get something. For example, a heifer with a skull face will give birth to a calf with white lighting on his forehead. etc. A neighbor breeds a herding dog breed and their puppies always come out colorful even if parents don't have identical types of markings/patterns. Merle x Bicolor usually results in various types of merles and bi/tricolor. I rarely see solid coming from them.

My point is... the fact that the majority of my puppies coming out solid when parents are more colorful doesn't make sense.