The
American Spaniel Club, as all parent breed clubs
provide an approved acceptable
color list to AKC for each breed.
Because the ASC does not
recognize the merle pattern or some other
colors as valid American
Cocker Spaniel colors, the AKC
cannot list them as an approved
pattern on registration papers.
BECAUSE OF THIS.. THESE
COLORS & PATTERNS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED RIGHT
NOW
WHEN REGISTERING A MERLE
In the past, merle owners
sent in photos of their merle cockers and AKC told them to register
them as roans.Which they
are NOT!
We are encouraging all
merle cocker owners to contact the ASC and AKC and demand that they
(the ASC) allow AKC to
list merles as merles and as a PATTERN and not a color.
Keep writing, emailing
and bothering them untuil they do. A board member from ASC recently said
in an email that
ASC hasn't received Few
if ANY requests to get merle added as an acceptable color to be listed
with AKC.
We all know this is not
true, so let's make sure they DO get notified that this needs to be done
and done ASAP!
Here
is a list of ASC Officers you can contact
In
the meantime, please register your merle as the COLOR it is.
Many
are adding the word Merle or Elrem or adding the letter "M" to the end
of the
dog's
registered name
to
verify the dog is a merle
If you have a merle cocker
or pup(s), please try and use one of
the codes listed and
NOT
put the color/marking as ROAN!
AKC
right now, will not accept it, but send a photo and the code to AKC for
their records.
The
more info they get the more they will press ASC to make a decision
It
is suggested that you just use code# 035-Merle
Markings
These are acceptable AKC
colors and codes,
only for other breeds. As
you can see,
the color codes are
the same for a
certain color no matter
what breed it is.
This chart is just an example
to
show you that the codes
are no different.
You
may need to send in photos of
the
merle along with the registration to
show
AKC that the dog is indeed a merle.
But
the main idea here is get these
merle
dogs registered as the pattern they are
and
NOT as a roan or any other color!
PLEASE
TRY & USE THESE CODES
WHEN
REGISTERING YOUR MERLE
Here is a letter from AKC
to a breeder who was recently trying to register their cocker as a blue
merle.
We HAVE to get involved
and get ASC to allow this color to be listed!
Thank you for sending
the pictures. We will be unable to change the color on this dog to
Blue Merle as you requested
since the American Spaniel Club,
the National Breed Club,
does not list this as an acceptable color for the breed.
You will have to direct
your concerns to the Secretary:
Kathleen L. Patterson
P.O. Box 4194
Frankfort, KY 40604-4194
502-352-4290 V
502-352-4291 F
asc.secretary@gmail.com
If responding to this
e-mail, please attach your original correspondence.
Have a nice day,
Chris Strom
Special Services
GET
INVOLVED!
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AKC
Color Codes
for
write in:
Australian Shepherds
Blue Merle 050
***********
Catahoula Leopard Dogs
Blue Merle 050
*************
Collies
Blue Merle 050
Blue Merle &
White 051
Blue Merle White
& Tan 052
Sable Merle &
White 277
Sable Merle 166
******
Blue Merle Markings
033
Sable Merle Markings
032
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Great Danes
Merle 131
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Merle Markings
035 |
