Merle Breeders

[Guest world.hunters]

anyone breeding or know of anyone breeding merle lurchers

 

cheers

[tote 861]

anyone breeding or know of anyone breeding merle lurchers

 

cheers

 

David Hancock would be the obvious answer.

[Guest world.hunters]

lol i ment to say expcept hancock

[Guest oldskool]

just curious as to why people ask about merle lurchers... is there anything special about them?? is it true if you breed two merles together it can throw blindness in the pups ....

[Guest world.hunters]

yes i have also heard that the breeding of 2 merles results in blindness and deformities

[collie/grey 238]

Absolutely true. Two merles bred together usually results in white, deaf and blind pups. I have a merle stud and if people want to use him on their merle bitch i refuse, i wouldn't chance it. I don't think there are breeders specifically breeding merles, but if one of the parents are merle then quite a few pups will be, well in my experience that's the case. I love merle colouring on a lurcher, especially blue merle, stunning.

[doxhope 2]

The expectations of breeding together 2 merles is;

50% merle pups

25% black

25% white, the white pups produced will be BOTH deaf and blind

[steve109 43]

so thats the reason you dont see any up the arse of a hare.......

[robinmcleod2 0]

heres my merl mate this one was bred of hancock. only problem is its abit nervy with other people.

cousins knobbely knees by the way lol.

[doxhope 2]

Goodun Steveo

so thats the reason you dont see any up the arse of a hare.....

[Guest SJM]

NERVY thats a word that crops up a lot in Hancock threads :whistle:

 

Anyone thinking of buying a Hancock dog would do well to read this article :

 

http://www.apbc.org.uk/article5.htm

[Simoman 110]

NERVY thats a word that crops up a lot in Hancock threads :whistle:

 

Yes, nervy does get mentioned a lot I went there aroung 1990 and I must admit the kennels didn't look to bad although he had a couple of 10 month old beardie lurchers for sale that were very shy................ Its all down to personel preferance but I would rather buy a pup that had been used to daily noise, hustle and bustle that it would get when I bring it home, kids, hoovers, tv etc etc.

[Guest oldskool]

from what i read on different sites the majority of owners seem to be very well pleased with theyre hancock dogs... although that article does make alot of sense i think the answer would be to purchase a pup at the correct age... not all the rumours can be wrong and i'm sure he is breeding too many to have enough time to socialise them all..... however the positive posts about hancock dogs seem to out number the negatives???

[FERRETBOY 680]

nice dog robinmcleod2 my dog was the same so she was very hard to train.she is alot better now and loves humans but dogs there a no go.saying that take her out with another dog for a few days and shes fine with that certain dog but strange dogs she goes back to being nervous,i have heard a few people having the same problem with hancocks dogs its down to him breeding to many IMOA and not being able to socialise with them which they need in them early weeks of there life.but saying this if i was going for another collie cross hes the man i would go to as you ruffley know what you are getting and how they are gonna turn out e.g size ,but i wont make the same mistake of picking a nervous pup.bramble 3/4 grey x 1/4 beardie collie is an ok worker so you can see what grade your dog could make if it wasnt as nearvy as her. she was the prota type(i got that line of phill lloyd) ,i hadnt any experiance in training any dog before her and most of the things she has learnt is because of me and the time i put in.

 

good hunting

 

rew

 

im sorry if it sounds as if i have just copied what the threads above have said but i didnt read them,must of been writing at the same time they were posted.

Edited February 3, 2007 by REW