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11-12-2006, 09:58 PM

This may be slightly off-topic, but I think we're all animal lovers here...

"Dashund" is spelled "Dachsund" and "rare white animals" are the predictable result of breeding two dapple (also called merle) dogs together.
The reason they are "rare" is that ethical breeders try not to produce them, since excessive whites are often blind, deaf, or both. Any breeder who not only produces excessive whites with frequency, but who brags about them as something special should be avoided like the plague.

I work in rescue with another high-merle breed (Catahoula Leopard Dogs), and this problem is common, resulting in many deaf and blind dogs being abandoned for somebody else (us) to take care of.

A good discussion of excessive white in Australian Shepherds (also a breed with a lot of merling) can be found here, just so ya'll don't think I'm full of poo: http://www.ashgi.org/articles/color_troub_merle.htm
And another one on the specifics of the inherited blindness:
http://www.upei.ca/cidd/Diseases/ocu...ophthalmia.htm

All discussion of the piebald trade aside, would you buy snakes from somebody who exploits other animals?

11-12-2006, 09:58 PM	#46
slartibartfast	This may be slightly off-topic, but I think we're all animal lovers here... "Dashund" is spelled "Dachsund" and "rare white animals" are the predictable result of breeding two dapple (also called merle) dogs together. The reason they are "rare" is that ethical breeders try not to produce them, since excessive whites are often blind, deaf, or both. Any breeder who not only produces excessive whites with frequency, but who brags about them as something special should be avoided like the plague. I work in rescue with another high-merle breed (Catahoula Leopard Dogs), and this problem is common, resulting in many deaf and blind dogs being abandoned for somebody else (us) to take care of. A good discussion of excessive white in Australian Shepherds (also a breed with a lot of merling) can be found here, just so ya'll don't think I'm full of poo: http://www.ashgi.org/articles/color_troub_merle.htm And another one on the specifics of the inherited blindness: http://www.upei.ca/cidd/Diseases/ocu...ophthalmia.htm All discussion of the piebald trade aside, would you buy snakes from somebody who exploits other animals?