on March 31, 2011
Okay so I did some research and found out the problem with Merle. The problem is that if you take 2 Merle dogs and breed them it puts the pups at high risk to being blind and deaf. Also dogs with the light blue eye is 80% likely to go blind. So I'm thinking hear the reason why it shouldn't be bread is because of the risk of passing on BAD genes. Please feel free to correct me if what I read is bull #$@!. No hard feelings.
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by your own reasoning then why won't you consider that blue eye is not always connected to merle? <br><br>would not have ukc banned the blue eye had they thought it was? <br><br>i understand there can/is a connection between the two but I am asking you to consider the possiblity that it is not alway... View More
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April 1, 2011
<DIV>OK KNOW IT ALL....ONCE AGAIN YOU SHOW YOUR IGNORANCE.</DIV> <DIV>NO YOU DO NOT BREED MERLE TO MERLE TO GET MERLE-YOU BREED MERLE TO A NON MERLE DOG....BETTER BLACK,RED, EVEN BLUE TO GET MERLE.AND A HIGH % AT THAT.SOMETIMES WHOLE LITTERS ARE MERLE.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>AND YES SIR...HAVE BRED... View More
First of all Steve SMP is one of the best breeders on here. On top of it one of her produced Merle dogs is the registers founder dog. Cosmo is produced by SMP. Merle is a <span style="font-weight: normal;">recessive</span> trait that if in the linage can come out. Just like Red dogs. or White dogs. ... View More
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April 1, 2011
Interestingly rabid thread.<br>Not that I breed, have a merle or am the least bit interested in the discussion much, but curiousity to find some scienetific evidence made me look.<br>I believe this link more than adequately address the blue eyed/deafness link. <br>http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/VetClin... View More
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April 4, 2011