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Originally Posted by carmen in nj  After learning some of the behind the scenes of AKC breeding, I rather not use them, when you sacrifice morals for money is looked down on breeding, well how come is GOOD for AKC to reward a dog that was bred from two dogs that are handicaped and with bad genetics just to obtain a color? sorry but BAD breeding is BAD breeding and AKC is allowing this in their ranks, to me they are as BAD as a BAD Breeder..
the Merle gene is a mutation gene and is a genetic defect..
When you breed merle to merle you get 50 % merle & 25 % solid % 25 % double merle ( these are usually deaf/blind or both or have other medical issues)
two of this dogs were used to breed the dog that was shown at the Wesmister dog show. SO SAD...
I see no reason for a responsible breeder to ever breed merle to merle. It does not increase the percentage of merle puppies (50 % ) But it does guarantee that 25 % will have serious medical problems. Blind, deaf ect. I find it unconscionable to purposely produce puppies that will have these defects. One out of 4 will be.
so let me get this straight, you rather have an AKC registered puppy that will come from a breeder that is well allowed to practice this , instead of a breeder that you can visit and trust, just because of the AKC ranking? |
I think you are comparing apples and oranges, I would never buy a breeder who was breeding merle, lol, I'm the one that pushes only buying from breeders who breed to standard! The AKC does a lot of things I don't agree with, however, they are the only reputable registry in the U.S. I try to help buyers weed out the good breeders from the bad. Too many bad breeders are really likeable people and good salesman, you can't go on how nice the breeder is. What you do is your business, and I'm just saying that by you posting this, you have giving bad breeders a good excuse to use so that they can mislead buyers. The very first step, but not the only step, is to find a breeder who registers with the AKC.
By the way, you didn't answer how much registering a litter was, you said, "I can't afford to pay AKC registration specially with a back to back litter that the two i just have". I'm certainly not understanding the logic on this.