[QUOTE=TammyJM;2448329]Since you quoted what I wrote, it's pretty safe to assume that you are talking about me...you don't have to write, "some of you"....I don't mind if you say that you are referring to my post.
As for making this into a joke...obviously, I do not think of it as being funny (since I am a parti owner), but yes, I do think some of it gets far too carried away and broad statements are being made.
Tammy (proudly owns a parti colored Yorkie that can hear the treat package being opened from a mile away...not a joke, it's the truth).[/QUOTE]
Yep...my guys can see and hear just fine too.
My three Biewers and my parti yorkie have no problem hearing the treat bags or anything else for that matter.
Usually when there is a hearing or sight problem in an extreme white pie-bald...there will be one or both blue eyes. They will in most cases have extreme white faces, and white ears as well.
I raised and bred parti American Cocker's for over 15 years...and never had a parti pup with deafness or sight problems. In fact...I had only heard of one parti American cocker spaniel having hearing problems, and she was an extreme white (no merle) and had one blue eye.