The KC has announced it will not register merle bulldogs with immediate effect, at the request of the breed club/s. This is excellent news, and gives more weight to the arguments of other breed clubs who are lobbying against colours which have never been known in their respective breeds.

Yes I must say I'm shocked by the colours coming out in Pomeranian's these days, merles and all sorts.  They definitely will have had to have been crossed with something else to produce such colours as I've never seen them in the 33 years of owning them....

and gives more weight to the arguments of other breed clubs who are lobbying against colours which have never been known in their respective breeds

Not realy as they said they are doing it on grounds of health, so surley if a colour doesnt casue problems but was never in the breed befor they wont do anything. It was said in dog world about the boston people wanting unusal colours reg stopped that
"Where an individual wishes to register a dog of a colour which is not on the list of accepted colours, such as blue in Boston Terriers, the dog is registered as 'colour not recognised by the KC'. However, registration is not refused on the basis of colour unless there is a health-related restriction in place, such as merle-to-merle matings"

So as long as the colour doesnt have the risk of health problems its wont get refused. As far as i know its just merle that can cause problems isnt it?

> As far as i know its just merle that can cause problems isnt it?

The White with biscuit points as it appears in certain Dobermans too.

Can Isabella not have health implications too?  I don't really understand the KC stance on the odd colour issue.  The Merle question appears clear cut, and I am sure this is a relief to the Bulldog people and may be adopted by other breeds in which it is appearing, but why on earth will they not consider refusing registration for colours in breed where they definitely do not occur, even by the highly unlikely "thorwbacks " we hear of?  IF the colour has not been in the breed then these pups are crossbred in some way, so have no place on the breed register.