GENETIC CONCEPTS and ALOPECIA FACTS;
My Thought's on Merle?
YOU DON'T BREED MERLE TO MERLE!!!!
THANK YOU!
Where did the merle pattern come from in Chihuahua's, is a question many have been asking, and honestly, we cannot say what line it came from first.
If a gene is carried it just takes that one time for a mutation to occur. Even a human Dr. can tell you this, ask them all about the different things that occur in Humans for unknown reasons, and then never being able to explain to you why it happened and is documented as being a freak accident. So is brown and blue eye humans babies.
There are some saying that they do not fit the standard and didn't want them being shown with the so called normal colors, when in the standard of our breed it reads, ALL colors are allowed. ALL colors means that, there are no variations to make a color or pattern the wrong color.
So where did the Brindle color come from
Or the Spotted on White (piebald's)
Those are patterns too.
And was it accepted at first, it sure was not, and the tongue waggles were right there saying there had to be another breed introduced to provide that color.
But the reason the standard read. ALL colors allowed was because all colors are there and can occur.
We have those pig tails popping up and something was introduce somewhere along the line to get a thicker coat, also a shorter muzzle than what was the rue looking Mexican Chihuahua.
Man has made the Chihuahuas look like it does now. What we call "type" today was not the case of the Chihuahua in the beginning.
There are few Show breeders today that would want that look of the original Chihuahua's of yesterday in their dog's look? NO, but will it win in the show ring, NO Why?
Because it's not the type that show people like. Those non "type" puppies are placed in pet homes.
Although I love all my puppies and one is not better than the other.
I do prefer the "type" with the med~shorter muzzles and more domed (apple) head, in a tiny body myself. I like a Cobby little Chihuahua, with a baby doll face :)!!
For those of us that want to produce show quality Chihuahua's in every litter we do our best not to double up on bad genes, that goes for all the bad stuff that is carried in Chihuahua's, not just because those two dog's will produce a certain color.
Those of us that like to show want to breed dogs that are healthy foremost.
I would hope everyone does, then favorite colors that are produced in those litter's is the cherry on top.
My Goal~Dreams is for every puppies to be able to be shown and get it's Championship, if the owner wants that of the Chihuahua they get from P.C. Tissue~Charmin's, if it goes on to be a cuddle babies in someone's arms, never to stop foot in the ring, that is OK.
I want the best for our puppies, and that is a life time filled with love.
If you so choose to breed with the merle pattern,
DON'T Breed Merle to Merle,
unless you are willing to take
ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY
of the puppies produced from that litter.
There could be sight and hearing problems. My own feedings about breeding merle is to always breed to black, black-tri, chocolate, chocolate-tan, blue-tan, and preferably the ones with the tan markings.
I would stay away from sable, brindle, and spotted on white dog's and the rest of the chihuahuas colors as it can easily hide in those colored coats and if you are not carefully looking and recording your puppies you may have a hidden merle and sell it unknowingly. If you take picture of your babies at birth all away around them you maybe ok I have white babies born and I take a LOT of picture of them from 2 mins old to 2 days;-)
Also stay away from Chihuahua's that have ticking, these are just my opinions, all one can do is educate others on how things work from the experiences they have had, good and bad.
In one's breeding program, Every single time, you put two dog's together, you take a risk, I don't care how responsibly you are and if you have been breeding Chihuahua's for 150 years!!!
You can have two beautiful Champions that have proven to everyone their right to be the best producer out there, yet the whole litter is a disappointment......or.....
a total blessing. But the risk was taken, for the hope of what it would produce.
A puppy because it's the wrong color, was born with only 3 legs, or some other deformation, is wrong, that life deserves to live, if it can be health wise.
And those of you that are breeding merle of any breed, you have puppies born DEAF or BLIND, and otherwise healthy, that puppy deserves it's life, and
YOU have to be RESPONSIBLE is keeping and training that puppy so it can have a full happy life, or make very sure it is placed in a home where, that will happen.
Otherwise, I repeat, AGAIN I REPEAT!!!
You have no business in breeding at all.
You are the breeders,,,,YOU ARE,,,,,responsible for letting your dogs breed, because you wanted puppies, so you have to also be responsible for them having lives that they deserve, deformed or perfectly normal, and I am not talking just about the merles here, that is for all dog's all life for that matter!!
The pattern of color in the eye's can be deceiving, and what may look to be something wrong could be just where the color was placed.
Making the pupil seem out of place, but in fact is is just the color of the eye, making it look off centered.
Breeders of dog's with the merle pattern have been breeding them for decades, and if they can manage nice healthy dog's going on to be champions over the years,
I don't see how those of us that breed Chihuahua's cannot do the same in our own breeding programs.
It just takes more dedication and care.
If you really want the facts, any breed of dog, of any kind no matter what color eye's or coat color they have, if in a breeding program, if you are really striving for the best genetically sound dogs, ALL should be CERF'ed and OFA'd for luxuriation (1990). But now they have found (2004) it cannot tell you if your puppies is a Merle or not ? If the color was introduced by mixing a Chihuahua with another breed, with the lines I used, it happen recently within the last 10 years, like some are saying,
but because the Internet was not around 20 years ago, this is why none have been or were seen, up until a few years back.
I do know that in most cases one parent has to be a
merle to get merle offspring, but the chance of
a mutation is not impossible either.
And Yes, all though I do believe that merles are in Chihuahua's bloodlines.
I love the colors in a Merle this is why I have 4 and looking for more.
YOU DON'T BREED MERLE TO MERLE!!!!
THANK YOU!
Where did the merle pattern come from in Chihuahua's, is a question many have been asking, and honestly, we cannot say what line it came from first.
If a gene is carried it just takes that one time for a mutation to occur. Even a human Dr. can tell you this, ask them all about the different things that occur in Humans for unknown reasons, and then never being able to explain to you why it happened and is documented as being a freak accident. So is brown and blue eye humans babies.
There are some saying that they do not fit the standard and didn't want them being shown with the so called normal colors, when in the standard of our breed it reads, ALL colors are allowed. ALL colors means that, there are no variations to make a color or pattern the wrong color.
So where did the Brindle color come from
Or the Spotted on White (piebald's)
Those are patterns too.
And was it accepted at first, it sure was not, and the tongue waggles were right there saying there had to be another breed introduced to provide that color.
But the reason the standard read. ALL colors allowed was because all colors are there and can occur.
We have those pig tails popping up and something was introduce somewhere along the line to get a thicker coat, also a shorter muzzle than what was the rue looking Mexican Chihuahua.
Man has made the Chihuahuas look like it does now. What we call "type" today was not the case of the Chihuahua in the beginning.
There are few Show breeders today that would want that look of the original Chihuahua's of yesterday in their dog's look? NO, but will it win in the show ring, NO Why?
Because it's not the type that show people like. Those non "type" puppies are placed in pet homes.
Although I love all my puppies and one is not better than the other.
I do prefer the "type" with the med~shorter muzzles and more domed (apple) head, in a tiny body myself. I like a Cobby little Chihuahua, with a baby doll face :)!!
For those of us that want to produce show quality Chihuahua's in every litter we do our best not to double up on bad genes, that goes for all the bad stuff that is carried in Chihuahua's, not just because those two dog's will produce a certain color.
Those of us that like to show want to breed dogs that are healthy foremost.
I would hope everyone does, then favorite colors that are produced in those litter's is the cherry on top.
My Goal~Dreams is for every puppies to be able to be shown and get it's Championship, if the owner wants that of the Chihuahua they get from P.C. Tissue~Charmin's, if it goes on to be a cuddle babies in someone's arms, never to stop foot in the ring, that is OK.
I want the best for our puppies, and that is a life time filled with love.
If you so choose to breed with the merle pattern,
DON'T Breed Merle to Merle,
unless you are willing to take
ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY
of the puppies produced from that litter.
There could be sight and hearing problems. My own feedings about breeding merle is to always breed to black, black-tri, chocolate, chocolate-tan, blue-tan, and preferably the ones with the tan markings.
I would stay away from sable, brindle, and spotted on white dog's and the rest of the chihuahuas colors as it can easily hide in those colored coats and if you are not carefully looking and recording your puppies you may have a hidden merle and sell it unknowingly. If you take picture of your babies at birth all away around them you maybe ok I have white babies born and I take a LOT of picture of them from 2 mins old to 2 days;-)
Also stay away from Chihuahua's that have ticking, these are just my opinions, all one can do is educate others on how things work from the experiences they have had, good and bad.
In one's breeding program, Every single time, you put two dog's together, you take a risk, I don't care how responsibly you are and if you have been breeding Chihuahua's for 150 years!!!
You can have two beautiful Champions that have proven to everyone their right to be the best producer out there, yet the whole litter is a disappointment......or.....
a total blessing. But the risk was taken, for the hope of what it would produce.
A puppy because it's the wrong color, was born with only 3 legs, or some other deformation, is wrong, that life deserves to live, if it can be health wise.
And those of you that are breeding merle of any breed, you have puppies born DEAF or BLIND, and otherwise healthy, that puppy deserves it's life, and
YOU have to be RESPONSIBLE is keeping and training that puppy so it can have a full happy life, or make very sure it is placed in a home where, that will happen.
Otherwise, I repeat, AGAIN I REPEAT!!!
You have no business in breeding at all.
You are the breeders,,,,YOU ARE,,,,,responsible for letting your dogs breed, because you wanted puppies, so you have to also be responsible for them having lives that they deserve, deformed or perfectly normal, and I am not talking just about the merles here, that is for all dog's all life for that matter!!
The pattern of color in the eye's can be deceiving, and what may look to be something wrong could be just where the color was placed.
Making the pupil seem out of place, but in fact is is just the color of the eye, making it look off centered.
Breeders of dog's with the merle pattern have been breeding them for decades, and if they can manage nice healthy dog's going on to be champions over the years,
I don't see how those of us that breed Chihuahua's cannot do the same in our own breeding programs.
It just takes more dedication and care.
If you really want the facts, any breed of dog, of any kind no matter what color eye's or coat color they have, if in a breeding program, if you are really striving for the best genetically sound dogs, ALL should be CERF'ed and OFA'd for luxuriation (1990). But now they have found (2004) it cannot tell you if your puppies is a Merle or not ? If the color was introduced by mixing a Chihuahua with another breed, with the lines I used, it happen recently within the last 10 years, like some are saying,
but because the Internet was not around 20 years ago, this is why none have been or were seen, up until a few years back.
I do know that in most cases one parent has to be a
merle to get merle offspring, but the chance of
a mutation is not impossible either.
And Yes, all though I do believe that merles are in Chihuahua's bloodlines.
I love the colors in a Merle this is why I have 4 and looking for more.