Sentences with phrase «merle dogs in the breed»

Not exact matches

Some breeders will try to breed two merle dogs together in order to increase the percent of merle puppies in a litter.

In this article I will share the breeds that can carry the merle coat accompanied by beautiful pictures of these merle coated dogs.

Due to the high occurrence of health problems with the double merles in other breeds we do not have or produce any dogs in our program with the dominant merle gene.

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The United Kingdom Kennel Club decided in May 2007 not to register puppies with «Merle coat color in dogs» coloration due to the health risks associated with the gene responsible, and in December of that year formally amended the Breed Standard to say «Any color or mixture of colors but never merle (dapple).&rMerle coat color in dogs» coloration due to the health risks associated with the gene responsible, and in December of that year formally amended the Breed Standard to say «Any color or mixture of colors but never merle (dapple).&rmerle (dapple).»

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This provides a logical genetic indicator and explains why it is likely that certain dilute or patterned dogs, such as extreme piebalds, or other types of homozygous dilutes common in the APBT, as well as those that may be carrying the Merle pattern are prone to psychological, neurological and / or immunological problems found in other breeds that carry these alleles.

Merle coloring in Huskies — the result of genetic altering making the undercoat whiter — is not a recognized breed coloring and is frowned upon due to the health risks the mutation can pose for the dog.

(The eye anomaly «merle» can be confused with choroidal hypoplasia, primarily in dogs from merle to merle breeding and whose coat color is whiter than their littermates.

He (or she) might be assumed to be a normal red dog (perhaps in a lighter shade of red), and safe to breed to a merle.

Could it be that breeding for «Irish spotting» in merle dogs is adding to the deafness problem in the Catahoula?

In other breeds of dog this type of color is called merle.

25 % of the breeding dogs were reported to have produced color faults, the most frequently reported, at 13 % each, were excess white (in other than double merles) and dilution spots in merles.

Congenital deafness is present in many dog breeds, especially those with merle or piebald color variants.

In a wider context, such breeding brings the ethics of all dog breeders into question and casts a pall over the show dog world, as there is a perception that show dog breeders are the worst offenders for producing double merles as they are striving for the perfect merle coat pattern.

If the breeder continues to create double merles in their breeding program, then the risks increase that at some point they will breed a deaf and blind dog.

Needless to say, the deliberate breeding of double merles causes a lot of controversy in the canine world and certain official bodies (such as the Kennel Club in the UK) have clamped down on the practice, refusing to register dogs that are a result of merle to merle breeding.

In the UK double merles of any breed are not recognised by the Kennel Club, the UK's official governing body for dog breeding.

However, recent evidence makes it clear that the impact of the merle gene on hearing in dogs varies from breed to breed.

With data collected from sufficient numbers of dogs it should be possible for us to better appreciate the deafness threat - or lack thereof - of merle in dog breeds, so that breeders can make decisions with a better understanding of what is involved.

Breeders in these dog breeds know not to breed merle to merle.

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.

Double merle breedings can result in dogs that are blind and deaf.

«Tiger striped» (brindle) and dapple (merle) dogs were used in sheep herding and in breeding programs for a while.