ARE MERLE POODLES PUREBRED?
A merle poodle's coat is characterized by a variety of colours, appearing as patches, dots, spots, and dashes. This genetic pattern, known as merle, can manifest in different colours and patterns, impacting all coat colours. It creates mottled patches of colour in a solid or piebald coat, as well as blue or odd-coloured eyes. Additionally, the merle gene can affect skin pigment. The unique pigmentation pattern caused by the heterozygosity for a Short INterspersed Element (SINE) insertion in canine PMEL is exclusive to domesticated dogs. The Merle Gene is an incomplete dominant gene, meaning that only one copy is needed for it to be expressed