BTW just because there are merles in the background doesn't make a puppy a merle. In order for a puppy to be a merle it has to have a merle parent. If neither parent is a merle none of the puppies will be merle even if a grandparent may have been a merle.
Talking about merles a few weeks back I saw a advert saying 'chocolate merle kennel club reg' they obviously put 'chocolate' as colour. A few other breeders saw this too and contacted the kennel club. & this was a acreddited breeder.
NO Merles cannot be registered, they are BANNED in UK.
Ok I understand, I knew in some countries they are banned. In that case I totally understand wanting to know what is in the pedigree. Well really no matter what you should look at the pedigree before buying a dog, especially a show dog.
Talking about merles a few weeks back I saw a advert saying 'chocolate merle kennel club reg' they obviously put 'chocolate' as colour. A few other breeders saw this too and contacted the kennel club. & this was a acreddited breeder.
I saw that one too - I think she thought that only blue merles can't be registered when in fact it is ALL merles. There have been a number of puppies registered under incorrect colours - stupidtity of it all is they advertise them on epupz WITH a photo showing they are merles!!!!
BTW just because there are merles in the background doesn't make a puppy a merle. In order for a puppy to be a merle it has to have a merle parent. If neither parent is a merle none of the puppies will be merle even if a grandparent may have been a merle.
But you can have a cryptic merle (hidden merle) which means it is a merle but you can't always see it when it grows up.
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