Chris
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Love the chipmunk head.
Boots! Sable-Blue Merle at 20 months now
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Calliesmom
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looking at the pix- I don't see why you think he's a merle of any kind.....
looks totally sable to me....
and a very cute little sable
VallejoSheltie
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I know his Sire was part Merle, and he has a little on his tail and back.
looking at the pix- I don't see why you think he's a merle of any kind.....
looks totally sable to me....
and a very cute little sable
Calliesmom
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just because a parent is a merle, that doesn't make all of the puppies merles.
the only way for that to happen is if one parent is a double merle and even then, sometimes not all the puppies show any merling.
from the pix, I couldn't see any merle areas on him.
the pix in this album
show Cranberry as a puppy and there is one of his whole litter.
Cranberry is a sable merle (mother was a blue merle and father was a mahogany sable).
Dixie is a mahogany sable and is Cranberry's pillow in the group shot.
Only two puppies in that litter were merles, Cran and the little blue girl.
this pic is Cran at 3+ yrs and his merling is still evident.
VallejoSheltie
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I'll try to find a better pic which shows some merle.
The breeder also mentioned he had a bit of merle, so I just repeat it like a dummy.
The breeder also mentioned he had a bit of merle, so I just repeat it like a dummy.
Tabitha
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You can't always trust a breeder unless they breed high quality pups and they know what they're doing. Dixie's 'breeder' (if you could call her that) told me that she was a sable merle just because her sire was.
While I know my Jester is a sable merle because of his markings very dark patches in lighter fur and he has blue eyes. Not all sables that are merled are as obvious when they get older. I have seen some pictures of sable merles where the dog looks just like a normal sable.
There is another way to tell if it is important enough. This is getting them tested. If you were intending to breed the pup then this might be the way to go to insure that you did not double up on the merle gene as this can cause a lot of birth defects.
In any case the pup is very pretty.
There is another way to tell if it is important enough. This is getting them tested. If you were intending to breed the pup then this might be the way to go to insure that you did not double up on the merle gene as this can cause a lot of birth defects.
In any case the pup is very pretty.