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No worries Many people don't undestand the merle gene at all. I knew someone who bred aussies who repeatedly bred merles together and claimed they had no issues and I didn't know what I was talking about and genetics isn't 100%.................I think she was nuts...I also think they didn't...

I did not mean to imply breeding merle chihuahuas held any different risks from breeding merles of other breeds...I was refering to the merle gene in general. I happen to love merles! I was not aware that merle was accepted by the AKC.......I was always told it was not recognized. That's my...

Yes, she is a spin Chis can be merle...but I don't think its recognized by any registry. Merle is a "lethal dominant".....though not truly lethal generally....heterozygous merles (animals with one copy of the gene) don't have any problems, but animals that are homozygous (2 copies of it)...

9 week old KaLa's Frizzante Bianco Vino - "Gavi" (GAH-vee) with our 6 year old aussie/heeler x, Foster later the same week... with my parents' nova scotia duck tolling retriever, Tucker, and my brother and his gf's beagle, Jax