Quote Originally Posted by Mixeddogsrock
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Genetically, since he has nonblack whiskers and appears to be 'clear red', his genes are e/e -- it is unlikely that he has a sable parent from any pure breed where all the dogs must have black hairs in their coat including whiskers.

In order to be an e/e, he has to have parents that are carriers of clear red recessive. This rules out quite a few working breeds that are required to have black pigment in their hair.

Possible breeds... The lab for example can be an e/e breed (yellow lab) and the bloodhound comes in a clear red according to the breed standard. So possibly there is a lab and a clear red bloodhound parent.

I'm not familiar with all the strains of working hounds where he may have gotten that ear... and I don't know if any of them come in a clear red. But to research the possibilities, you'd need to narrow the potential breeds to those that carry clear red.