[taikunfoo]

Happy third anniversary! Hard to believe how quickly time flies. Like the past two years I've been very, very behind on working on my staff customs (oops...) Maybe this September 2023 Staff Custom will have a better home with you! I'll give this one away in exchange for new marking suggestions - what kind of new marking are you interested in seeing? Show me a picture or describe it below.
Ends on July 11th and you may only win one of the staff customs.

Custom design information: You are limited to one very rare marking, one rare marking, up to 3 uncommon markings, and any common markings. You can substitute the rare marking for one of the following: feathered coat/half tail/bobtail/flopped ears/curled tail. If you won any voucher prizes from the joint agility event you may add them to this dog (ie special ears/coat/tail/extra traits).

See more information about our markings and rarities here and feel free to ask for help in our discord server if you have any questions!

Owner: chellerd
Name: Pigeon
Gender: Female
Phenotype: White Flecked Ridged Black and Cream Atypical Merle Pseudo Piebald
Genotype: aRaR BB cece DD EE hh kyky LwLw Ma+Ma sisw tt UU
FF OO PP RR
LuLu MlMl VV ZZ
Health: Healthy
Degenerative Myelopathy: -/-
Dwarfism: -/-
Hereditary Deafness: -/-
Progressive Retinal Atrophy: -/-
Elbow Score: 90
Hip Score: 84
Height: 26 in
Weight: 58 lbs
Equipment: None
Traits:
Environmentalist (+15 to find trash items)
Food Motivated (Treats are twice as effective)
Sparkling Coat (+2 to conformation)

Lineage:

SSS: Unknown
SSD: Unknown
SDS: Unknown
SDD: Unknown
SS: Unknown
SD: Unknown
Sire: Unknown

DSS: Unknown
DSD: Unknown
DDS: Unknown
DDD: Unknown
DS: Unknown
DD: Unknown
Dam: Unknown

[Frisco]

Username: Frisco
Name: tbd
Gender: tbd
New Marking Idea: african wild dog pattern
Custom Design: feathered savannah flecked liver and cream with minimal white

[►Athena◄]

Username: ►Athena◄
Name: OMK Monochrome Shine | Hue
Gender: Male
New Marking Idea: I have two main ideas: An A locus gene and an H locus gene
A locus - based on the Numbat. I'm thinking the phaeomelanin (C locus) would cover the front half of the dog and fade into the eumelanin (B/D loci) on the dogs backside with a few lighter stripes on the back hips and around the eyes. This image has a really nice picture that shows the numbat's coloration well (source).

H locus - based on the Tapir (specifically the stripes on baby Tapirs). There are 4 species of Tapirs which all have unique infant stripe patterns. These could all serve as inspiration for tapir harlequin patterns while still giving a lot of artist freedom in the exact design. (Source 1, 2, 3, and 4)
Custom Design: Flecked Black and Silver Banded Ticked Piebald

[Embergleam]

Username: Embergleam
Name: RRS Temple of the Sky | Everest
Gender: Male
New Marking Idea:
I've got a couple, so I'll break them up!

1. As an overall suggestion, we could really use more common and uncommon markings! Trying to make dogs with all common or only 1 uncommon marking is significantly more difficult than I expected. >>;;

2. With that in mind, tabby would make for a fun common gene! There's a ton of variation within tabby patterns, so there would be a lot of variation for artists to play with. This would likely make the most sense as an A-locus gene (Atb_), possibly with different expressions based on zygosity. (Source!)

3. Continuing the cat theme: we've got normal 'cheetah', how about king cheetah? This could either be spun as a second L locus gene recessive to savannah flecking (maybe Lsk or Lks?), or as an interaction between savannah flecking and thylacine brindle. (Lk + kbrT) (Source!)

4. Inverse white markings! A gene that switches white markings to black would look awesome. I'm less certain where the gene for this would go- maybe a variation of melanism, or something on the T locus that 'ticks' the white in black instead?

Custom Design: Masked silver and blue blanket merle with fawn white (with blue eyes, if possible!)

[werepickle]

Username: werepickle
Name: tbd
Gender: tbd
New Marking Idea: A brindle pattern that mimics the bongo’s stripes
Custom Design: black masked atypical merle ridged + curly tail

[~Beautiful Voices~]

Username: ~Beautiful Voices~
Name: tbd
Gender: tbd
New Marking Idea: maybe a corded coat? Not exactly a marking but that's the best I could think of
Custom Design: White flecked black seal merle with minimal white

[chellerd]

Username: Chellerd
Name: tbd
Gender: tbd
New Marking Idea: Angelfish! They can several "stages" A juvenile Angelfish looks nothing like their grown up variant! source
Custom Design: White Flecked Ridged Black and Cream Atypical Merle Pseudo Piebald

[Baobabel]

Username: Baobabel
Name: Across the Ice Fields // Glacial
Gender: Female
New Marking Idea: Sorry for not having an example but- lighter/darker pigmented (not black or white) horizontal(ish) lines like many lizards/snakes/fish!
Custom Design: Blue and Cream White savannah flecked agouti with ticked min white

[MoonlitWolf2022]

Username:MoonlitWolf2022
Name:BSC TBD
Gender:TBD
New Marking Idea: Something like small patches of random colored hair? My grandmother's dog is all black but has random fluffy patches of brown that are hardly noticeable till up close, giving her a cool colorchanging effect!
Custom Design:Black and silver saddle brindle merle with ticked dappled irish white

[taikunfoo]

Thanks everyone for the fantastic marking suggestions! I had a hard time deciding which one I liked the most, so I brought in the random number generator. Congratulations!

Username: Chellerd
Name: tbd
Gender: tbd
New Marking Idea: Angelfish! They can several "stages" A juvenile Angelfish looks nothing like their grown up variant! source
Custom Design: White Flecked Ridged Black and Cream Atypical Merle Pseudo Piebald