The specific hypothesis presented to the ascf was that the merle color was not a cocker spaniel color but was instead introduced into the gene pool by a specific breeding that occurred in the 1980s. The world s largest website dedicated to the study of merle cocker spaniels.

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Merle chocolate merle cocker spaniel colors. If this dog did not have the merle gene he would be a chocolate parti. A cocker with the merle color pattern is not a pure bred cocker spaniel. The board of the asc asked the ascf to take on the task of researching the hereditary aspects and related issues of merle cocker spaniels.

My focus is on healthy bodies and excellent temperaments my goal is a lifelong companion for your family. Dedicated to just this breed over 25 years i was first a veterinary nurse then groomer and breeder. Two chocolate merle cocker puppies and a blue merle parti cocker puppy in this litter.

Up close photo of a merle s eye partial blue eye this is the same dog at a farther distance merle both blue eyes. Coile s biggest issue is the double merle like jamie which can produce a deaf and or blind dog. 1 2 face a cocker spaniel with or without eye rims with a lack of color around the eye.

Believe that breeding merle colored dogs poses serious health risks and should be ceased. See more ideas about cocker spaniel spaniel blue merle. No sporting breed including the cocker spaniel and the english cocker spaniel has ever been merle.

Aj s merle making waves kali chocolate merle and tan some call chocolate and brown the same thing. Blue merle solid age 5 weeks. The truth about merle cocker spaniels.

Photos history of the merle cocker pedigrees information breeder ads and much more. Sable merle girl one brown eye one blue eye one blue and one partial merle no blue eyes you can see this is a chocolate merle. I am an akc bred with h e a r t breeder.

Merle colored dogs are bred for the novelty of their unusual color. While the merle coat pattern is very uncommon in american cocker spaniels it s not at all uncommon in several other breeds. Associations like the american spaniel club inc.

The problem with the merle pattern in cocker spaniels is that it more likely entered the gene pool by way of crossing with a merle dog of another breed according to dr. Permission to copy is granted. Despite the fact that merle colored cocker spaniels exist they are not considered an authentic breed.

Kat patterson is from phoenix arizona and breeds parti color cocker spaniels. I find it interesting when pet people are looking for a cocker and they don t know. The term merle cocker is actually an oxymoron.

But the merle gene has caused all but some small patches of his chocolate fur to be diluted to a tan color.

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