Courtney, your baby is beautiful. Her coloring and long hair is so gorgeous. Ann
sent from Ann's IPAD On Mar 23, 2012, at 12:52 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Courtney, she is beautiful! > Cindy > > Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ > > > -----Original message----- > From: courtney church <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 15:31:31 GMT+00:00 > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Merle Chis > > the blue merle gene is not carried. if your dog was a blue fawn her skin > would be blue while the hair would be fawn. the parent HAS to be a merle in > order to get a merle. and the only time you really get health issues is if > you are breeding a merle to a merle or a merle to a white or light colored > dog. you NEVER do that. always breed a merle to a dark or black colored dog. > i have a blue bi-merle with irish markings and she has blue eyes and is not > blind or deaf and has an excellent bill of health. the only thing with merle > chi's is that they tend to be over the chihuahua standard height and weight. > and mine is 8 pounds so she is 2 pounds over the standard. > > From: sheila <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Merle Chis > Not all Merle’s are unhealthy or die young. I have a friend that has a merle > chi that is now 12. (gorgeous gorgeous dog) Pretty long life and very > healthy. I have read up on Merle’s and there is a lot of conflicting > information out there about them. Not all breeds that are Merle have severe > health issues either. > > From: Peggy & The Girls > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Merle Chis > > When I look at pictures of Dolly, I only see the tan. How do you know that > she is a blue fawn? Blue fawns are thought to be linked to Merle chis, > although it is my understanding that the Merle gene is dominant, while the > fawn is a recessive gene. I am sure that you must have heard about the > servere health issues with the Merles. Many countries will not even allow > them to be registered, including the USA, in order to persuade breeders not > to breed them because of the health issues. You can google for merle chis > health issues and there is quite a lot to be said about them. Some feel that > since merle is not a hereditary gene of the original chi, that another breed > probably the Doxie was introduced and then bred to Blue fawns to get a Merle > line. Personally, I think that some of them are gorgeous, and it is a shame > that they are not healty and long lived chis. > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Joan Croft > Date: 3/22/2012 5:47:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > > > That is interesting, Peggy. Dolly is a blue fawn and she gets those > respiratory infections so frequently. I have got the vet to write > prescriptions for large amounts of the Atarax so I can fill it more > economically at CVS. Originally the maintenance dose was ½ of a pill once a > day. Then when she would start having more difficulty breathing I would step > it up to ½ pill twice a day. Then when she got really bad, the vet said that > it is OK to give her a whole one twice a day if she is sick, so I try to give > her a whole one every day and then up it to one twice a day. Somewhere in > changing the doses down she gets sick before I can step it up quickly enough > and giving her a whole one twice a day just has her getting worse, I have to > take her in for antibiotics. I had thought that it was because she had that > hernia repair when she was 7 weeks old; but perhaps it is because of her > genetics. > <image0011.gif> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Peggy & The Girls > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > > I have heard others say that the blue fawns aren't strong chi's, maybe that > is why his immune system got so low. His poor body can't handle any type of > stress at all, without his body reacting to it. There are people like that > too.....crummy genes make for a low immune level. > > -------Original Message------- > From: Pam Dean > Date: 3/22/2012 3:01:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > He does look good except for his tummy. Just had him skin scraped and he has > a lot of mites still. Very, very itchy and his tummy has begun to hyper > pigment with bumps and rashes. He is healthier so is growing hair but still > mange effects. The flash makes him whiter than he is..he is really cream with > some blue fawn markings. > From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > > Does he really look as good as the picture? It looks like the flash > brightened him up so it is hard to see his skin. If he looks that good, then > whatever you are doing is working very well and maybe he doesn't need the > dip, just some more time? Your doing great by him Pam.....good for you! > They both look so contented with each other and it is wonderful to see. Two > real cutie pies! > <image0033.png> > -------Original Message------- > From: Pam Dean > Date: 3/22/2012 11:23:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie [2 Attachments] > > > When I look at pictures of Dolly, I only see the tan. How do you know that > she is a blue fawn? Blue fawns are thought to be linked to Merle chis, > although it is my understanding that the Merle gene is dominant, while the > fawn is a recessive gene. I am sure that you must have heard about the > servere health issues with the Merles. Many countries will not even allow > them to be registered, including the USA, in order to persuade breeders not > to breed them because of the health issues. You can google for merle chis > health issues and there is quite a lot to be said about them. Some feel that > since merle is not a hereditary gene of the original chi, that another breed > probably the Doxie was introduced and then bred to Blue fawns to get a Merle > line. Personally, I think that some of them are gorgeous, and it is a shame > that they are not healthy and long lived chis. > > <TRANSP~1.PNG> > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Joan Croft > Date: 3/22/2012 5:47:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > > > That is interesting, Peggy. Dolly is a blue fawn and she gets those > respiratory infections so frequently. I have got the vet to write > prescriptions for large amounts of the Atarax so I can fill it more > economically at CVS. Originally the maintenance dose was ½ of a pill once a > day. Then when she would start having more difficulty breathing I would step > it up to ½ pill twice a day. Then when she got really bad, the vet said that > it is OK to give her a whole one twice a day if she is sick, so I try to give > her a whole one every day and then up it to one twice a day. Somewhere in > changing the doses down she gets sick before I can step it up quickly enough > and giving her a whole one twice a day just has her getting worse, I have to > take her in for antibiotics. I had thought that it was because she had that > hernia repair when she was 7 weeks old; but perhaps it is because of her > genetics. > <image0011.gif> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Peggy & The Girls > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > > I have heard others say that the blue fawns aren't strong chi's, maybe that > is why his immune system got so low. His poor body can't handle any type of > stress at all, without his body reacting to it. There are people like that > too.....crummy genes make for a low immune level. > <image0022.png> > -------Original Message------- > From: Pam Dean > Date: 3/22/2012 3:01:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > He does look good except for his tummy. Just had him skin scraped and he has > a lot of mites still. Very, very itchy and his tummy has begun to hyper > pigment with bumps and rashes. He is healthier so is growing hair but still > mange effects. The flash makes him whiter than he is..he is really cream with > some blue fawn markings. > From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie > > Does he really look as good as the picture? It looks like the flash > brightened him up so it is hard to see his skin. If he looks that good, then > whatever you are doing is working very well and maybe he doesn't need the > dip, just some more time? Your doing great by him Pam.....good for you! > They both look so contented with each other and it is wonderful to see. Two > real cutie pies! > <image0033.png> > -------Original Message------- > From: Pam Dean > Date: 3/22/2012 11:23:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Tino cuddling..cutey patootie [2 Attachments] > > >
