Identifying a low-white calico

[Mike41793]

Its random. You said it yourself.

I believe you that some low white calicos and pieds may produce the opposite. But this should not be an excuse to breed poor quality animals. The variations are random, but with selective breeding you should be able to create a line that highlights specific traits.

A proven tendency? That's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one!

You can't sit here and tell me the calico the OP posted is going to produce nice looking calicos.

The only way to determine if a low white calico will produce high whites is to prove it out. You can't make assumptions based on random variation.

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I wasn't even arguing about the OP's calico. I was arguing the fact that what you said was incorrect. Low whites can throw high whites. Yes, its a proven tendency. It's been proven that that is what they tend to do when bred. I wasn't saying all low white calico/sugars produce high whites, I was just saying that it's entirely possible and does happen. You made it sound like low white calicos were poor quality animals not worth breeding, which isn't the case.
That may not have been what you meant, thats how I read it though...