OUR STATEMENT ON MERLES
IF YOU OWN A MERLE DOG YOU HAVE REASON TO SMILE! NEBBA IS TREATING MERLES EQUALLY! YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER AS BLOTCHED OR LIST OUT THE COLORS YOU CAN HONESTLY REGISTER YOUR MERLE DOGS! YOUR MERLE DOGS CAN ALSO COMPETE IN ALL COMPETITION INCLUDING CONFORMATION AND ARE TO BE JUDGED WELL....BASED ON THEIR CONFORMATION...NOT COAT PATTERN. LET'S PROVE THAT THERE ARE AMAZING BULLIES THAT HAPPEN TO BE MERLE, AND THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN THE M ALLELE AND A PRETTY COAT PATTERN.
PRIOR TO LATE 2004 AND EARLY 2005 MERLES WERE ACCEPTED IN BOTH MAJOR AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER REGISTRIES. ONE REGISTRY ADMITS SOME MERLES MAY HAVE IN THE PAST MISTAKINGLY BEEN REGISTERED AS BRINDLE, BUT PULLS A MERLE DOG'S PAPERS FOR HAVING BOTH PARENTS REGISTERED AS BRINDLE.
WE PROMISE TO NEVER FLIP FLOP ON MERLES IN OUR REGISTRY, NO CONFUSION, NO DOUBLE TALK.
BREED QUALITY DOGS. IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE MERLE SO BE IT.
BREEDERS ARE HELD TO A CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH INCLUDES ETHICAL BREEDING. THAT BEING SAID WE WILL NOT REGISTER LITTERS WITH AN INCREASED RISK FOR SERIOUS GENETIC DEFECTS BORN TO TWO MERLE PARENTS. MERLE CAN BE BRED RESPONSIBLY, SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE MERLE DOGS IN YOUR PROGRAM, BE RESPONSIBLE!
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