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T dog You are hitting on a sore subject. There is no difference in the dogs no matter what the color, they are still Plotts. Back in the early days when Plotts were first registered buckskins were allowed. People started breeding buckskin to buckskin just so they could sell buckskins. As you know anytime dogs are bred for just color the ability starts going downhill. When you breed two recessive genes together you will mostly get that color. There are a few exceptions tho. Al ot of times if you breed to Maltese together you will get skin problems. Kind of like breeding a double merle together you might get deaf or blind dogs.
AKC always registered the buckskins as it should be. Most hunters I know are going to breed for ability first. One of the best Plotts I have had was a Buckskin. Also one of the best Plotts I had threw Buckskins. The Maltese color has always been in the breed also. Now UKC accepts any solid color, Black, Maltese or Buckskin.
Thanks for the kind words on the dogs.