Guest bezza Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 A friend has a 5 month old lurcher pup. One of the litter was both blind and deaf and his pup has strange eyes that swell up and then go down. It seems to be worse on sunny days. I suspect that it's merle genes which causes this. It's well known that you will get problems if you mate two merles together, but can there also be problems if there are merles way back in the pup's ancestry? Has anybody experienced problems like this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clover 0 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 A friend has a 5 month old lurcher pup. One of the litter was both blind and deaf and his pup has strange eyes that swell up and then go down. It seems to be worse on sunny days. I suspect that it's merle genes which causes this. It's well known that you will get problems if you mate two merles together, but can there also be problems if there are merles way back in the pup's ancestry?Has anybody experienced problems like this? Were both the parents of the litter merles then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,930 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I know this sounds daft, but it can sometimes be difficult to tell if a dog is a merle or not, especially if a brindle gene is involved too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lawrence 657 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 is the deaf and blind pup white ? may have nothing to do with being merle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Back Stabbath 1 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Any dilution of pigment can cause hearing and sight problems unfortunately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mickyrich Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 I recently had a accident mating my beardie/whippet lined a blue merle border there were 8 pups 1 white blind and deaf but the other 7 were 100% fit and healthy and i have had no bad feedback with any problems on any sight or hearing difficulty's but i consider myself lucky with them and won't be repeating after what i have read about merle/merle breedings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lawrence 657 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 all white breeds have a tendency to have bad eyes and ears, but they can crop up any where , a mate bred a litter of whippets a while back with a pure white pup that was deaf, theres a wee snap of him, rest of litter had been call out to feed, lucky enough a single auld boy took him on and they were inseperable Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lawrence 657 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 all white breeds have a tendency to have bad eyes and ears, but they can crop up any where , a mate bred a litter of whippets a while back with a pure white pup that was deaf, theres a wee snap of him, rest of litter had been call out to feed, lucky enough a single auld boy took him on and they were inseperable Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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