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any thoughts on how to educate puppy buyers re the downside to some colours considered rare? Even when they arent anyway?


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So many adds for RARE BLUES.  or lately the newest must have seems to be Blue Merle.
 
 there's nothing rare about Blue or Merle coloured dogs.
its in many breeds, both pure and X bred.
 
 
 way too little information about the dangers of letting two merles be mated together..(some merles do not show they are carrying it),
 
Just like some horses can carry the overo gene without expressing, but bred to another overo and 25% chance of the foal inheriting two from both parents and you have a lethal white and you can do nothing but watch it die or have it put down to save it suffering.
 
In the case of merle,. the resulting 25% with two merle genes can have a sliding scale of defects to varying degrees right down to born with no eyes at all. At least mating two mexican hairless just means 25% less puppies as all who inherit two patterns never survive to birth.
 
 
 
Another inherited defect not much talked about.
 
Is low immune system, regardless of the colour of the pup or adult..
it expresses down the track as Demodectic mange.
 
 
 Its amazing how often some vets fail to diagnose this as the cause of the problem.... but either way, this too is a genetic failing and nothing to do with the actual colour of the dog.... ....
 
Knew a beautiful cavalier which developed it after his second vaccination........vet hoped it may correct as he matured but gradually became even worse after his third vaccination. as he was intended as a stud dog , the breeder was contacted...
 Amazingly his breeder said this was proof of his fine bloodline?
Low immune system a sign of good breeding?
You have to be kidding.. .... no wonder so many kennels are known for dog after dog presenting with severe itch.
One vet said he could name the breeder without asking who,   depending on the condition the dog was suffering from.
Decades ago he wanted to create a data base of conditions linked to pups from the breeder........ I thought it was a great idea, breeders would be alerted to what lines carry a problem they would otherwise not be aware of if the puppy buyer did not contact them.
 
 
but he said the AVA refused, saying the information is confidential and could expose the AVA to litigation by the breeders if they were named...  He believed it would help the breeder to know which parents carried a problem.   But then if   intending purchasers could  know before hand which conditions they may have to deal with if they buy a pup from that kennel  was probably the sticking point the AVA was worried about.   
 
 
 the good news with the cavalier boy, was put on low dose ivermectin, he lived demodectic free for the rest of his life. (although there was an expensive hiccup when  rehomed)
Although he was desexed to make sure he could not contribute to more puppies with the same problem... given to a relative, along with his medicine... when it ran out they didn't call and get more.
so within months his skin went red and glowing hot so they took him to the vet.. their vet did not believe he needed the low dose ivermectin his previous vet had prescribed, so did every test available "just to make sure"
Man were they furious? they were slugged $2500 for the testing?. no idea what on earth their vet tested him for. some one made a motza from an already diagnosed condition?.
 
 
Any one want to contribute to other things  a buyer might need to know when looking for their next pet? 
 
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