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Originally Posted by joyziegirl  no more than you could stop it in Great Dane, Boxer, Doxie, Cocker, Poms, Min Pins, Pits, Chihuahuas, and now Yorkies to just name a few. |
We stopped it in pits, though.
NO legitimate pit bull registry will accept merle. Not the UKC, not the ADBA, NONE.
Heck, the AM Bully breeders don't even want merle, and there are some that have crossed their dogs to E.Bulldogs, and to Frenchies on up to Cane Corsos, lol.
You can thank one kennel for it. Platinum Kennel, and a guy name Howard who was crossing to danes and putting fake papers on his dogs, then he started breeding merle to merle and selling blind and deaf puppies.
People began to complain to the ADBA, and the only thing they could do at the time was disallow the registration of all merle colored dogs.
It's a shame, because there were legitimate kennels that had long time established merle lines (probably from accidental crossings decades ago with Cathoula Bulls). These people were just as affected, even though they weren't breeding their merles for profit.