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WHO KNEW?
Who knew when Run-N-Ridge's
owner decided NOT to follow the newly-adopted rules & go her own
way that success was part of her future?
When fellow Rat Terrier
breeders pushed for the brindle & merles to become a
disqualification, the owner of Run-N-Ridge who loved these
little dogs with their stripes & spots refused to lay down &
roll over. The owner claims to of taken much criticism & heard
public outcry from the other breeders who wanted her to cease
raising these type pattern dogs. Those criticizing her also
went so far as to post articles about her dogs on internet
message boards. Enflamed E-mails arrived daily for many months
when push came to shove & Run-N-Ridge stood her ground that she
wasn't going to follow the Jones & give up her beloved pets
simply because those that were ignorant, uneducated & uninformed
gave in to pressure about the genetic association with the
patterns.
TRUTH being that there are NO
genetic problems associated with either the Brindle or the
single merle "Mm" gene. Neither are either genes likely to take
over as they are both dominant genes and one parent MUST be of
that pattern to produce offspring of those patterns.
LUCKY for the Rat Terrier world
that there are still folks out there with backbone and the
stamina to back it.
LUCKY for Run-N-Ridge that she
was able to find a registry who not only understood her plight
but was more than willing to allow her Purebred Registration of
her merles AND allow them in the show ring so they could strut
their stuff. |