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Originally Posted by Lorraine  Same drill in Chihuahua's with Merle colour which also carried eye problems including blindness even as pups or early life. The President of the CHi Club here in Canada petitioned the CKC to not allow them in the ring and ALSO to stop them being registered and was upheld by the CKC (Canadian Club) much to the dismay of 'dog sellers' only interested in selling 'new' colours and not interested in the breed at all. |
We are just now starting to hear about the merle chihuahuas here and I know a woman who recently bought one..he cost her 700€ (which is rediculously expensive for here) and I hate to say that the poor thing is not much to look at.He looks like he´s dirty and one of his eyes is white too,which makes him look blind in one eye.To me,these designer sub-breeds are a bad idea,because they arent usually an imporovement at all and they have all kinds of issues that no one is prepared for...not to mention they cost ALOT of money and you dont really know what you´re buying.
We are also being sold "mini" french bulldogs here.They are tiny little things and cost an arm and a leg,and god knows what they´ve done to achieve
that 
Regular french bulldogs already have many health issues and alergies,so who knows what kind of issues these new smaller ones will have.