{"id":25230,"date":"2025-10-20T03:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/?p=25230"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:30:08","slug":"merle-chihuahuas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/chihuahua-facts\/merle-chihuahuas\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Merle Chihuahuas? Do Merle Chihuahuas Have Health Problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What Are Merle Chihuahuas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A merle chihuahua is said to be a &#8216;style&#8217; or &#8216;designer color&#8217; to gain popularity within <a href=\"https:\/\/dogtime.com\/dog-breeds\/chihuahua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chihuahua breeding<\/a> and is only produced through cross-breeding. A merle chihuahua comes in a variety of coat patterns including blue and red colors. Blue merle chihuahuas are the most common and typically have patches of black fur. Red merle chihuahuas have patches of brown or copper fur. Genetically, they are different, but both have the merle gene.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Does Merle Breeding In Chihuahuas Work?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The merle chihuahua color does not occur naturally in a chihuahua&#8217;s DNA, but because the gene is dominant, one of the parents MUST be a merle chihuahua for the gene to be apparent. To be clear, this is not a recessive (inherited) gene that suddenly appears. The only it way it can show up into the gene pool is by cross breeding a Chihuahua with another larger dog breed with the merle gene and then altering the record of it&#8217;s decent (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekennelclub.org.uk\/getting-a-dog\/are-you-ready\/what-is-a-pedigree-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pedigree dog registration<\/a>), therefore misleading people to believe it to be a purebred.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the odds of getting a larger chihuahua is often the result of the cross breeding because the merle gene comes from the larger dogs that were introduced years ago.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24226 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2014\/09\/alien-cutest-chihuahua.jpg.webp\" alt=\"merlechihuahua\" width=\"600\" height=\"579\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/579;\" data-smush-webp-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.famouschihuahua.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/alien-cutest-chihuahua.jpg&quot;}\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Health Problems In Merle Chihuahuas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A large number of potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/chihuahua-health-problems\/\">health problems<\/a> come with breeding merle chihuahuas. Probably the most common issue that can arise is when the merle gene produces color because it acts on other genes that can lighten and whiten the chihuahua&#8217;s coat. When this occurs, the actual whitening of the coat is can cause defects because it can cause the pigment inside the ear and the eye to also whiten, making the chihuahua blind or deaf as the nerve endings become emaciated.<\/p>\n<p>Merle chihuahua breeders don&#8217;t always tell their prospective buyers about the potential health problems that can occur when breeding a merle to a non-merle chihuahua, thus making it a very deceptive breeding practice.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, If you are still determined to have a merle chihuahua, accept the fact that you may not get a healthy dog, despite how adorable and and healthy it may seem at first as problems may not become evident for months.<\/p>\n<p>The practice of doubling up on color by breeding two merles together to &#8220;beef up&#8221; the merle color produces chihuahuas with life-long health defects such as blindness, deafness, and ghastly abnormalities. Gloria Lambert thoroughly describes the tragedies related to this horrific breeding practice in her highly acclaimed article called, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedogplace.org\/Breeds\/Chihuahua\/Merle_Lambert0706.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chihuahuas &#8211; Any Color Marked Or Splashed?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The World Bans Merle Chihuahuas<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Germany, Canada, England and Australia no longer allow the breeding and showing of merle chihuahuas due potential health problems related to the merle gene. It&#8217;s unfortunate the USA did not follow suit and continues to breed and export merle chihuahuas putting the already tainted purebred American Chihuahua\u2019s gene pool in endangerment.<\/p>\n<p>We are certain that there are many wonderful little merle chihuahuas out there making many chihuahua owners very happy, but we encourage potential chihuahua owners to seriously consider what&#8217;s at stake if they are leaning towards purchasing a merle chihuahua from a merle chihuahua breeder over other non-controversial chihuahua breeders.<\/p>\n<pre>References:\r\nthedogpress.com\/ClubNews\/AKC\/Chih-Merle-Gene0801.asp\r\nthedogplace.org\/BREEDS\/Chihuahua\/Merle_Lambert0706.asp\r\nkitacokennels.com\/post\/2017\/05\/25\/what-breeders-of-merle-chihuahuas-wont-tell-you<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are Merle Chihuahuas? A merle chihuahua is said to be a &#8216;style&#8217; or &#8216;designer color&#8217; to gain popularity within chihuahua breeding and is only produced through cross-breeding. A merle chihuahua comes in a variety of coat patterns including blue and red colors. Blue merle chihuahuas are the most common and typically have patches of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,7],"tags":[101,50,102,100],"ppma_author":[84],"class_list":["post-25230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chihuahua-facts","category-chihuahua-health-concerns","category-chihuahua-news","tag-chihuahua-breeder","tag-chihuahua-facts","tag-health-problems-chihuahua","tag-merele-chihuahua"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What are merle chihuahuas? 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