Merle ocular dysgenesis also occurs, but since we know this is the result of breeding two
merles together the source of the problem is obvious and easy to avoid.
These have defective hearing and / or vision, so responsible breeders don't match two
Merles together.
Generally, to get merle in a border collie litter, a breeder has to breed for that color (which is fine, as long as it is not by breeding two
merles together.)
Merle issues Breeding two
merles together will lead to two copies of the merle gene being present in the pups resulting in eye, ear and abdominal problems.
Not exact matches
In 1971,
together with the doctor she worked for,
Merle Hoffman started Choices, the first legal clinic in the United States to provide abortions.
Much more than just a wife to the country legend, the duo frequently toured
together and June co-wrote (with
Merle Kilgore) Cash's hit «Ring of Fire» (reportedly about her falling in love with him), and helped him write such enduring songs as, «Long - Legged Guitar Pickin» Man,» and «Jackson» (which earned the duo a Grammy).
Some breeders will try to breed two
merle dogs
together in order to increase the percent of
merle puppies in a litter.
Due to the heavy demand on breeders for
Merle Australian Shepherds some breeders practice irresponsible practices such as breeding two
Merle coated parents
together to achieve more
Merle puppies in the litter therefore increasing their profits.
Breeding two
Merle coated parents
together can result in a puppy being born with two
Merle genes which can resulting in the puppy developing blindness or deafness, this will happen to 1 in 4 of the puppies in the litter, statistically.
When dogs with
merle coats are bred
together, also known as
merle - to -
merle breeding, it can result in what is called a «double
merle,» according to Deaf Dogs Rock, an organization that finds homes for deaf dogs.
First and foremost, you should never ever breed two
merle Border Collies
together.
If two Blue
Merles are bred
together, there is a 25 % chance of producing a Double
Merle.
This recessive gene becomes a massive problem when two
merle dogs are bred
together, producing double
merle dogs.
Knowingly breeding two
merle dogs
together isn't fair to puppies and their pet owners.
When two
merle dogs are bred
together, a puppy inherits double recessive genes.
Some colors, like
merles (blue or sable / red) should not be bred
together.
While a beautiful color, the
merle gene can cause blindness and deafness if two parents carrying the
merle gene are bred
together, so
merles should be bred only by very knowledgeable breeders who test for the
merle gene and understand the genetics involved.
The
merle gene causes the coat hair to produce a faded, or shaded colour (hence the
merle pattern), two
merle genes
together often cause the coat to be white or with limited
merle shading.
But there are health problems associated with the
merle mutation and the risk of these problems occurring increases when two
merle coated dogs are mated
together.
If two dogs with the dominant
merle genes bred
together, there's a 25 % chance that the pups will have a double
merle gene, which creates an extreme lightening of the coat and often deafness and eye defects.
We hope that you will help us educate people to never breed
merle dogs
together (How about not breeding at all?!)
There is a dominant (not recessive) gene in
merle dogs that links
together to cause vision and hearing impairments in the puppies from such a breeding.
In pairing
together two Harlequin Danes, the breeder produced a genetic defect called «Double
Merle.»
Mining and ballads have gone
together through the ages, from the early days of coal extraction in Britain and Wales on through another standard I sing in Uncle Wade —
Merle Travis's «Dark as a Dungeon» — and forward to Sting's tune «We Work the Black Seam.»