Personally, I think it is a jealousy issue, lol. I think the show people of the AKC's chi club do not want the competition, lol. But, their claim is that there are to many health issues related to the merles and that the merle is not a natural color in the chi so they had to have been cross bred somewhere down the line. Well, lets face it, every breed we have was a resulted of a cross breed somewhere way back! Merles can be prone to health issues if not bred responsibly, but those who know what they are doing know how to breed them safely. Like with any breed, the merle gene (called different things in different breeds, like dapple in doxies) if you breed two merles you can get blindness, deafness, ect...all the things that go along with the "white" gene, but other breeds are not fussing about it and the danger is the same for all breeds. Marsha
Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mom of Chi's To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] pup Marsha, I found this very interesting. Do you happen to know WHY the Merle's are being pushed out? I was not aware of this and I agree with you, it will be sad for those breeders who have prided themselves on their Merle's. I'm just curious why those puppies would be unacceptable...sounds racists to me! (sorry...LOL). ~Beth On Feb 5, 2008 7:55 AM, marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Blue is genetic, so one that has the gene will always have the gene. But yes, pups do change colors just as human hair do, but if you have a blue pup it is still gonna always be a blue.......sometimes blue don't always LOOK blue. I do not purposely breed for any color and as I stated before I am getting a bit tired of always getting blues, lol. BUT, my Ginger carries a STRONG blue and always passes it. Two of my females are her daughters and both are blue (Lucky is a blue sow...looks black and Cayenne is a blue fawn sow) Lucky passed the blue onto every single one of her pups in this her first litter. Cay has not yet had pups, so we will see if she passes it....but my luck, she will. And no, I do not base my prices on color. ALL colors are currently recognized by the AKC as acceptable in chis.....but there is a push right now to have merles disqualified. If it passes, it will be the ONLY unacceptable color in a chi. I feel sorry for those breeders who have invested so much into perfecting their merle lines if this passes :-( Marsha Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. ----- Original Message ----- From: diana roller To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] pup I do not know anything about blue's. My hubby had several questions too? Canyou answer them for us? Do you breed them that way on purpose; looking for the blue in the genes? Does the blue stay the color forever or is it like little kids with blonde hair and it gets a different color as the child gets older?? Are blue's accepted in the Chihuahua pedigree and show rings?? Do you get more money for them?? Thanks for the information. Diana marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It still looks more like a sable in the pics, when in reality, in person, it is solid blue......I just couldn't get true colors to show. I have never seen one as truly blue as this one....but it is already starting to change, lol Marsha Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. . ----- Original Message ----- From: address2000 To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] pup I don't know if this helps, but I tried to brighten them up a little. Blessings to u and your's :-) Addy marsha Taylor wrote: wanted to share some pics of one of the pups...again, my pics stinketh to high heaven!! lol, but the purpose was to TRY to show color. It didn't work real well, lol. I have been getting a bit tired of having blues all the time, but this pup has the prettiest blue I have ever seen in my life. I am hoping it comes through at least a little bit in these pics....... Marsha Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- The best way to clean your Chi's ears...get another Chi.
