1 - 25 of 126 ads for "chihuahua" within Dogs & PuppiesWe are a non-profit rescue group dedicated to helping rescued Chihuahuas find loving forever homes. On this site, you will find: stories and photos of rescued Chihuahuas; newsletters from Chihuahua Rescue Victoria; and plenty of information on Chihuahuas we currently have for adoption. Thursday, 19th of May 2016: Chihuahua Rescue Victoria is pleased to announce that we succesfully won a grant for $5,000 under the Animal Welfare Fund - Grants Program!. Wednesday, 27th of April 2016: Sasha is a gorgeous little "deer" or "Bambi" Chihuahua of six years. She was timid but very gentle. We are so happy to get this update from her new forever home. Read about it in Sasha's Chihuahua Rescue Victoria Success Story! Below is our gallery of happily rehomed dogs! See our blog for Chihuahuas currently needing a home. Also check out our Facebook Page! This is a good place to see the latest things happening with Chihuahua Rescue Victoria on our Facebook or Blog or elsewhere.

Below is a sponsored message. Due to the increasing popularity of this color pattern, I feel that I need to add some information about Merle Chihuahuas, including the potential health problems, on my website. Many people interested in purchasing a Merle Chihuahua, may be unaware of the problems that they might have with their new pet. more knowledge about this pattern, breeders will reconsider breeding this color control the pattern in the breed, these countries (and/or kennel clubs) so far have taken action: (banned registration of merles) New Zealand (banned registration of merles) Canada (Merle is now a Disqualifying Fault (DQ) in the Chihuahua standard) Great Britain (Merle is now a Disqualifying Fault (DQ) in the Chihuahua standard and merles are also Germany (Merles can not be shown/bred) Updated July 27, 2009 FCI countries (83 countries) have now made merle Chihuahuas a Disqualifying Fault (DQ), and in several

countries, this means puppies from merle parent(s) can not be registered. See full list of applicable member countries here: Updated June 24, 2010 Merles are NO LONGER registerable in Canada, whether it be puppies that come from a merle parent, or merles that are imported from other countries. See information link here: Merles are the newest style to hit Chihuahuas. The coat pattern has only shown up in the breed in the past 15 years or so. There is NO mention of this color what-so-ever in any Chihuahua breed book, or genetics book that lists certain color patterns that are in the Chihuahua breed. This coat pattern has also appeared simultaneously in several other breeds as well (these include come in a variety of color patterns, including red merle and blue merle (above). They can also have what is called a hidden or cryptic merle, where the merle pattern does not show up, such as on a light colored dog, or where the merle

pattern does not cover a large area of the dog (sometimes only one hair will actually be merle patterned). The Merle gene itself is a dominant trait, which means one of the parents MUST be a Merle for the gene to be expressed (or show up) inThis is not the type of gene that remains hidden for many generations like a recessive gene. Since Merles were never heard of more then 15 years ago, this color pattern has02 F150 Headlight Bulb Number probably resulted from cross-breeding other breeds of dogs that have merles suchBi-Fold Door Light Switch as a Dachshund, toHow To Fix A Leaking Delta Single Handle Bathtub Faucet the Chihuahua and falsifying the purebred dog registration.

Merle color can come up from genetic mutations, this is most likely not the case as it is the same gene that is also present in Aussies, Dachshunds, Shelties, Ultimately, if you buy a Merle Chihuahua, you are probably not getting a purebred Chihuahua, just a mixed breed (even though it might actually have registration papers). majority of Merle Chihuahuas are consistently very big, in the 6 to 10 lb range, which is very unlike a purebred Chihuahua and is probably a result from a throw-back to the mixed breed dog that was introduced years ago to get the Merle Chihuahua. What the Merle Breeders do NOT Another much more serious and important issue is the higher occurrence of health problems in Merle Chihuahuas. You may wonder how this is so, when merle is only a color pattern? other colors, the merle gene acts on a color and lightens and whitens certain parts of it (creating patches)...the whitening is what causes defects.

when a dog's coat is whitened, the pigment inside of their ear and on their eye, also whitens...making the dog DEAF and BLIND as the nerves endings atrophy and As quoted from Idexx, makers if the merle genetic blood test Heterozygous-one parent is a merle, the other is a non-merle. single merles, or Mm. Definition of Homozygous-both parents are merle. Also known as double merles, or Based on information about the merle gene in Dachshunds, all merles that are brought into the world have a 36.8% chance of developing some sort of hearing loss, resulting from either slight hardness of hearing to total deafness (Willis). for puppies that result from one parent that is a merle, and the other that is aOther problems such as eye problems were also apparent. breeder's admit that there are problems when breeding two merles together, they do not admit there is also a problem when breeding a merle to a non-merle which is the breeding most breeders do.

is what the Merle Chihuahua breeders DO NOT tell you. You can still get deaf and blind puppies from this typeSo please keep in mind, if you are interested in getting a Merle Chihuahua, you may not actually get a healthy puppy. A pup may appear to be healthy, but might actually have impaired hearing or vision. of health problems and questionable parentage, the presence of the merle pattern in Chihuahuas is being banned in many countries world-wide. on this study by Dr. Willis, and for his viewpoint of the merle pattern in Chihuahuas, please go here: This is one breeder's experience of breeding Merle Chihuahuas. She encountered all of these problems within 18 months of breeding Merles and the heartache of the problems she experienced was too much for her, so she no longer breeds merles. deaf Merle puppies on her site were a result of single merle breedings (one parent was a merle and the other wasn't), showing you can still get problems