[ SHOWGSD-L ] merles...
- From: "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:26:57 -0500
>Breeding Merle to anything but Tri causes fatal genes. Dead pups or =
serious=20
>deformities every time.
In shelties, my "other" breed, a double merle mostly white and is likely =
to be blind and/or deaf. The double merle (or homozygous white) in the =
right hands, has proven to be valuable in blue merle breeding programs. =
In shelties, more than 50% white is severly penalized in the breed ring =
(it is allowed in collies). IMO, that was done to discourage merle to =
merle breedings. The color headed white (white body, colored head) is a =
perfectly normal animal without color associated health problems. The =
white gene is recessive, and, when breeding a white-factored dog to =
another white-factored animal, you will get color-headed whites (much like =
we get black animals when breeding two black and tan animals who are =
black-factored). There is a faction in shelties that would very much like =
to allow color-headed white shelties to compete in the breed ring. BTW, =
you can usually tell a white-factored sheltie by whether or not the white =
on the rear hocks continues, uninterrupted by another color, to the belly =
of the animal.
Laurie Pruett
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