Welcome to my merles page.
I am to proud to have produced Champion Sired Blue Merle Cockers!

This is Trublue's Mily of Wyndsong aka Emily
Her PEDIGREE
Her PAGE

This page is set aside for educational purposes only.
None of these pictured below are for sale.



Emily's littermates....


My love for Merles has started years ago when I had a long conversation
with Karen Hitchens in Illinois and Polly Swanson a well known Roan breeder.
That was when I learned the difference between Roan and Merle.

I purchased my first Merle male named Outlaw from Karen Hitchens.
He was a blue merle and tan male parti,
he himself did not have blue eyes but produced it.
3/4 of his litter when bred to ANY color produced merles with blue eyes.
His mom was a double merle.

The reason that I got Outlaw was because I loved the dynamic blue eyes
that most merles have and it was not that I want to start to breed merle cockers.

Today, I currently own a Champion blue roan and tan male named Shazam
aka Ch. CVJ N Aj's Can't Buy Me Love
I state this to let you know that YES I do know the difference between Merle and Roan.

I had sold Outlaw to a breeder in Canada approx 4 yrs ago
because I had the opportunity to have Emily.
 

Crosswind's Alabama Hobo x Keisue's New Millennium Blu

OUTLAWS CERF in 2005 prior to selling him- click to see.
HE PASSED!

Photo of the coloring of Outlaws back- this clearly shows
what a blue merle cocker spaniel looks like when shaved down.

In simple non technical terms how to describe the coat pattern.
It is like having a pair of black jeans where you spill bleach.
Where the speckles of bleach are visibly parent and it washes out the color randomly.
It creates a mottled marbled, unique pattern in each individual dog.
Some may have tan points where the tan is suppose to be but that can be effected
as well and look lighter in color.
The gene sometimes affects the eye color but not always.
It can make a brown eye sky blue or just leave blue flecks.
Though the merle gene effects the color of the eye, those will blue eyes still can pass CERF's.

Later, I was given a merle girl named Emily from my friend Karen H.
She had bought her from Karen P. and didn't have a boy to breed
her to and I had plenty so she gave her to me with wanting a puppy back.
Karen Hitchens was not the breeder on Emily, but Karen P was.

The puppy that Karen H. got was named Chilly aka Aj's N Keisue's Frostymerl
Chilly went to Karen when he was 8 weeks old till 02/14/2009
Karen sent Chilly home to me because she had enough of the public
and the discrimination of non merle breeders that she decided to
sell out of cockers all together.

Chilly as a 8 week old puppy aka Aj N Keisue's Frostymerl
Out of Homespun's Vino Benito x Emily.
Vino's sire/dam Ch. Tri-Pod's Moment of Truth x Ch. Homespun's Karma
prior to him leaving to go to Karen Hitchens.

Chilly was very much an escape artist and to prevent a mishap of
a merle to merle breeding and being bred to his mom,
 he was bred a couple times and placed.
He then was placed in a home in October 2009.
Although he was here a very short period of time,
what he produced here was nothing short than outstanding.

After Chilly was sold Emily was our only adult merle.
She turned 6 years old in 2010 so we retired her March 2010.
She is living a spoiled life with owners Mike and Jan G
who lives 30 minutes from me and I am able to visit whenever I like.
She is fixed and lives with her son and grandson who are both fixed.
Prior to Emily leaving she has produced exquisite puppies.
Some are on this page below.



Showing what merle puppies look like just after they were born.


MERLE FUTURE:

In 2008 Aj's N' Mully's Merled In Sable aka Shania was born out of
Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition x Trublue's M'ily of Wyndsong
A friend was interested in her and didn't have the full payment so we did
so much cash plus a female puppy back.
Since I was getting a puppy back she needed to be bred to a Champion of mine
to produce quality merle babies.
In 2010 Shania was bred to Am/Can Ch. Harmony's Phantom Of The Opera
who has produced multiple champion kids both in the USA and Canada.
For the pick puppy back I got Paisley aka Aj's The Sound Of Music Merle
who was sold to the Mann Family in New York who is a spoiled pet.
For using my Champion male I picked Bentley aka Aj's Kyss My Merle Ash.
Looking only at structure Bentley was the better of the two.
Bentley's page is found below and also on the Males page.
He will be the future to quality merles.
Aj's N' Mully's Merled In Sable was rehomed in 2011
to Mandi C who lives in Michigan who will go on to produce some amazing Merles.

Bentley
 Can/Am. Ch. Harmony's Phantom Of The Opera x Aj's N' Mully's Merled In Sable
 Bentley had his Patella's tested on 05/13/2011
He passed as he is NORMAL to see test click the word TEST below.
TEST


Before Emily had left in 2010 she had her last and final litter.
She was bred to Can. Ch. Keystone's Haulin' Ash aka Ashton
who is a sable solid male that my father owned prior to passing away.
This breeding resulted in only 1 merle puppy which I kept.
We named her Kali.

Can. Ch. Keystone's Haulin' Ash (OFA Excellent, PRA Clear, Cerf @ 6 yrs)
x Trublue's M'ily of Wyndsong
She has one brown eye and one blue eye.
Kali's Page
PEDIGREE
On 11/1/2011 Kali was examined for Patella's and she
had a normal test. 
Cocker's rank in general #3 for patella issues.
Her Test

STARTING OUT:
When I got a merle puppy I didn't even know if I wanted to breed merles.
It was an option that Karen gave with Outlaw.
I was scared because I didn't want to goof up and I didn't want deaf and blind puppies.
Which can happen if you do not know what you are doing or have not researched the pedigree.
I am constantly harassed by show breeders with both verbal and emotional abuse
because I own and breed merles.
I was turned down by many show breeders from quality cockers because of it.
But complained about because at that time I didn't have quality, catch 22 there.
When I finally decided to continue to breed merles and I noticed they didn't have
a so great pedigree as far as Champions are concerned and some if not most
were pet in quality.
They looked more like and English Cocker with long bone structure in the face.
To me that was not pretty to the eye.
The coats on them were still back to the 50's-60's look with a fine texture coat.
Not the plush, thick, down to the ground abundance of coat we have now.
Which the abundance of coat is not correct either but accepted in the show world.
No matter what the other breeders said about me, I loved the merles and wanted the best ones
that I myself knew I could produce and I noticed that many were not into improving
 merles so I would try my hand at it someone has to be a leader.
I also figured the merles in Cockers were here to stay and why not improve on them
just like we do in any other variety and coat pattern.
I believe I have produced some of the best merle cockers out there, most champion sired
or out of champion pedigrees.
 Many breeders who want to produce merles have dogs that are out of my dogs.
That is why it has been easy for others to spot my merles both by breeders and pet owners.
You can usually spot a merle that was bred by me. 
I like my merles to be very open marked and have blue eyes but not always a deal breaker.
I have always liked the parti merle over the solid merle but have bred both.
They should look as close to what a cocker should look like, including having a nice head.
I have came a long way since Outlaw.

Emily has produced awesome puppies.
Photos of her kids, her grandkids and now great grandkids are just arriving.
You can see them below.

I have tried to better the merle by breeding to champions and then back to champions again.
Some of my merles that I have produced have looked like show dogs.
I once stacked a Merle and took pictures and sent them to well known breeders.
With them coming back and telling this dog should finish easily.
Then, I had to laugh and tell them this dog has blue eyes!
This did not sit easy with some show people.
Some show people do not like the word Merle and dismiss the coat pattern all together.
Some are so judge mental about the Merle you'd think if they would touch one they would
get some type of disease almost to the point of how white people looked at
black people during the age of slavery.

I have bred the Merles to top breeders champions.
I have introduced B-Mac's in my line who once
was the given the title of "Breeder of the Year" and
a member of  "The American Spaniel Club".
She herself was found to have a Merle cocker!!!!
Another current litter was out a champion black/white.
Her father is Multi BISS Ch. B-Mac's N Lil People Ragin Cagin
who was a Westminster Variety Winner in 2009
I like Merles to look as close to standard but with the Merle gene.
Breeding them to top dogs has allowed my Merles to have the edge
and pedigree that regular parti breeders wish to have in their lines.
But I do take in consideration of other breeders who do not want me to
breed Merle into their lines, with that note I do as asked.


 Rocket who's grandfather is Multi BISS Ch. B-Mac's N Lil People Ragin Cagin
Click photo below to see his pedigree.



And ...

Blast who is Rockets brother!
Both Rocket and Blast are out of Ch. PBJ's Boot Scootin' Boogie
Blast resides in a pet home in Iowa.



Click above photo to see pedigree and then click back to get back to my website.

I have placed many merle pups that are Champion Sired
into breeder homes to help with getting quality blue
Merle Cocker Spaniels out there!
Many people intend to breed Merles who have been looking
for a nice blue Merle have found their way to my website
and fall in love with my Merle cockers.
I believe this is all due to the fact that I am educated on what I like
I have a goal in mind and when I set my mind to producing some of the best.
I do just that!

I have also been told that some show breeders
have Merles as well but they keep them behind close doors.
Some breed them and sell them as pets with no papers in local newspapers.
Others just have them for their uniqueness.

It was also told to me that a well known professional handler (PR) from Conn.
was very interested in purchasing a Merle a long time back from
another breeder and stated to them this dog could finish.
It was actually a littermate to Emily.

But because some show breeders who like them and handlers who like them
do not want to crap from their peers because the show world is very political
they deny it and act like it never happened.
Yet, without some of theses handlers knowledge in 2010 they
competed against a puppy who had four lines of Merle behind him, he was not Merle. 
This puppy won his class 3 days in a row!

While at a show in Lincoln, Ne I asked (JW) a well known Cocker Handler form Kansas if he
wanted to go over Bentley and he declined.
I even had someone go as far as coming up to a friend of mine who was handling
a  buff girl of mine who was only 1 major from a Championship in Idaho.
June 2011 and ask her if she was breeding merle just because she was showing my dogs.
This was from another well known handler Judy B.
This kind of abuse should not be tolerated and things like this should be reported.
No wonder why people do not want to show dogs or be part of clubs.

I have always loved Merles and when I started showing I thought
that I had to either choose breeding Merles or showing
I have found that untrue.
I have done both, I have finished multiple champions and also have produced merles.
I should not have to be offended by other breeders/handlers.
I should not have to make others happy by not breeding Merles at
the expense of my own happiness.
Because I breed Merles does not make me any less of a
breeder or person than anyone else.

Still to this day no matter if Merles have been bred to champions
or champion pedigree's the stigma of breeding them lingers.
They backstab, talk bad about and continue to gossip about
people who breed merles and say those that breed Merles are making the breed worse.
Which I totally disagree with.
Even though I have produced multiple champions, shown others dogs to championships
I have been completely black balled by some and respected by others.
Recently, I was kicked out of the ACN (American Cocker Network) a online website because I don't breed up to standard, the owners standard is not breeding merles and this is not supported by the person that operates the website.
Do not confuse this from the ASC - American Spaniel Club
as I have never tried to be a member of the ASC even though I have a handful of
sponsors including top show breeders and judges that would sponsor me.
I have personal reasons for not wanting to join their club.
Starting with one of their own staff stealing THOUSANDS of dollars from ASC.
Change needs to happen!
Many ASC members are on a witch hunt with people who breed Merles.
It has become so evil almost like a white person bashing black people.
That is how wrong it has become.
Some say that those that breed merles breed them only because of money
this truly is untrue, we breed them because we love them.
I have sold Merles for way less then my show prospects at times
so them saying this statement is far from the truth.
Just like with any other pattern or color that is bred
either Ch. Sired or with a nice champion pedigree you are
going to pay a price for it, why should it be any different for a Merle Cocker.


MY GOAL:
My goal is to one day have merles accepted correctly by ASC so we can at least register
them correctly without confusion of them being Roans or any other coat type not by color!
Do I want merles to show, yes..  I believe the ones that I have produced are quality. 
 Just like the sable people want the sables to show.
Will it probably happen in my life time, No! 
Am I going to push for merles to show, No!
I just want them registered correctly and without it being a Z list.
As the Z list will add yet another stigma to them.
Plus, it would add every dog behind it for generations to the list
which I believe is not even correct.
And for those who do not think their lines will get Z listed have
another thing coming cause all it takes is one merle bred to a non merle/champion
to put Z in the pedigree that you so may have loved.
In Oct 2010 ASC decided that merles should be registered with AKC and it was voted on again
by ASC members in 2011 which it did pass.
In Nov 2011 I noticed on the AKC applications that merle is on the AKC papers.
Although it is a leap for Merles it is incorrect.
The Z list will not help our breed at all and black ball and piss off
more people than imaginable.
Breeders who are educated and know they are breeding merle already have a way to say
this dog is a Merle as many breeders require that the word Merle be added
to the AKC registration papers of the said puppy/dog.
This is so generations can track that dog back to Merle. 
So why register with a Z list as many breeders of Merle already do this and have
done this for year prior.
ASC members are not on the right path for Merles as far as registration.
Merles are a coat type, they keep getting this wrong.
The coat type is Merle and the color is tri or blk/white
brown, brown and tan, black solid, brown solid etc.
That is the ONLY thing that makes sense.
A couple ASC members have taken it even further
and think they are going to make fliers about merles and start passing
them out to the public and do some education. 
Reminder this is in their own words and in their opinion because they
do not like Merles.  
It is very likely that many actions from ASC members might result in a
class action suit and I believe this is only going to get worse.

Not only have they messed up on Merles they have also messed
up the same with Sables and Roans as they are coat types not colors
because there are all kinds of variations of them as well.
There are no way to register sables and some roan colors correct.
Again, this all stems from ASC telling AKC what is correct.
One can only hope that we get some educated people
that know genetics, coat type and colors on that panel.
I feel that it is just a waiting game of waiting till the old members pass
so people that are willing to except change can be in control.
Until this happens our breed is out of control.



I'm Proud to be an American
Bentley at an AKC show Oct 2010
What is funny is two days later ASC accepts Merle!

Bentley was tested for Patella's and he past, click test below to see!
TEST

I think education is also key about merles and so when I go to
dog shows my main objective will be to constantly have a merle in tow.
I plan to allow those who would like to touch/go over a
Champion Sired merle to be able to do so.
Thus, way they can make up their own mine and actually
have their own opportunity to decided based on what they see
not what they hear about. 


HOW DO YOU KNOW A MERLE JUST BY A PEDIGREE:
Usually, it is as simple as looking at a pedigree to tell if you cocker has
come from a roan or merle.
 There are key dogs in the merle pedigree that say hey, "I'm A Merle".
See back in the 60-80's and if not 90's
cocker breeders didn't really know what merle was or if they did they didn't have
a way just like today to register them correctly.
They also didn't have internet to see what other breeders where breeding
and how to describe the dog other than it looked BLUE.
When I see a pedigree that maybe 4-5 generations back and says the word,
"BLUE" or BLU" it makes me have red flags.
Asking myself is this dog a Merle or a Roan.
Then if I see the word "LAKE" it is like waving a HUGE red flag.
Lake is another key word in most merle pedigree's as it is documented
that most merles go back to one single dog named Rusty Butch
his ancestor is Prince Alex Of Iron Lakes.
If I see that it tells me I am a MERLE!
My rule is no matter what, if you know you have a merle no questions asked
Put the word "MERLE" in the registered name.
It makes it much easier to say, "Ok, that is indeed a merle".
I also like to see that done when you have a litter of puppies not only on the
merle puppies but non merle puppies. 
Trying to make it easier on the next generation.
A great website to look at merle pedigree's and to be able to see these
keywords and dogs and identify some of the name is a website called
Merle Cockers  www.merlecockers.com
click the link above to go directly to the site.


With this page I hope this has helped someone who may have wondered if they
have a roan or merle.
Also it has allowed me to showcase some beautiful cockers and what they can
look like no matter merle or not.
I also suggest that you check out my Roan page on my site.

Prissy is a blue merle and tan female
Outlaw Merle x Scrunchy
 

This is Quest he is out of
Kami a choc/white female and Chilly
He is very close in markings as Sky at the bottom of the page.



Joey
He is out of Chilly.
He is pictured here at 2 yrs old.
I am very lucky that I get to visit this boy, he has such a great personality.
He so reminds me of his grandpa Vino.
This photo makes this boy look big but being so close up taking photo is the reason.
 

 Frostymerles Blue Eyed Girl aka Piper is a blue merle and tan girl out of Chilly.
Chilly is out of Homespuns' Vino Benito x Emily
Vino's sire/dam Ch. Tri-Pod's Moment of Truth x Ch. Homespun's Karma
Here she is modeling her new hair cut!
She is a very pretty female with one blue eye.  
She is currently owned by Shannon M.
 

Piper was bred to Phantom aka Cresentmoon's Fanpasma
Phantom is out of Ch. Cresentmoon's Show Stopper x Ch. Cresentmoon's Black Onyx
Below is a photo of one of the puppies named Uno who is a blue merle boy.
Breeder/Owner Shannon M.

Uno- Sd's I Betting I am A Merle out of Piper (See Above) x Phantom (See info above)
This would be a Chilly grandson and Emily great grand son
Breeder/owner Shannon M.

Uno a blue merle boy out of Piper x Phantom breeder/owner Shannon M.
 

Chilly as a 8 week old puppy aka Aj N Keisue's Frostymerl
Out of Homespun's Vino Benito x Emily.
Vino's sire/dam Ch. Tri-Pod's Moment of Truth x Ch. Homespun's Karma
prior to him leaving to go to Karen Hitchens.
 

This boy is a blue merle solid with both blue eyes.
He is out of Chilly and mom is Ebony who
goes back to some really nice champions.



He was 5 weeks old in this photo.
So his stacking job was not great at all.
But this give you an idea of the markings and coat type on a solid merle.
You can see the black parts and the parts of his coat that was effected by
the merle making the lighter coat.
There are a couple other photos of Solid Merles below.
 

Blake is blue merle and tan male
He has a nice head with a correct ear set.
Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition x Emily

Blue Merle and Tan with blue eyes.
Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition x Emily
 

Adam is a blue merle and tan he is in a great pet home nearby.
Here he is below as well playing with a tennis ball.
This photo below shows you his bright blue eye!



Adam is out of
Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition x Emily



Adam aka Chance all grown up.
Photo taken March 2010
I can not thank Mike and Jan enough for providing this boy a wonderful home!

Kc is a blue merle and tan male with bright tan points.
This puppy is stunning in my eyes!
Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition X Emily
 

These two pictures are of Cyan who lives
at Penunuri's Cockers in Arizona
As you can see she has both blue eyes and a butterfly nose.
She is out Ch. Che-Lee's Radio Flyer x  Trublue's M'ily Of Wyndsong
Click her photo above to see her pedigree.


In 2008 she was bred to Ch. Aj's Neville Longbottom aka Neville.
at this time I do not have permission to use the photo of one of the puppies
she has produced in this litter.
Named Penunuri's Growin' Dill Weed In The Garden aka Dillion owned by Moondrop Gardens
One of the male puppies did pass cerf in 2009
Prelimary OFA's - EXCELLENT
Patella's Normal.
Click photo below to have pedigree of this breeding.

Cyan was bred to Ch. PBJ's Perfect Game in 2010
who produced very pretty merle babies.

The pedigree's on both merle litters produced by Cyan
were stunning!

This is monster. He is a blue merle and tan with light tan points.
His name is Aj's N Shandilyn's Full Throttle Merle
Ch. Che-Lee's Radio Flyer x Sky
He lives with Becky Salow from Shandilyn Cockers.

Sky aka Aj's As Clear As Day
This little girl is a blue merle and tan
 90% of her body is white the only coloring was her face & ears!
Sky is a niece to Outlaw
 

 
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Below are three photos to show the coloring a little bit better when
they are standing up instead of just face shots.

This girl is merle, although she is a red/white.
As you can see in her eye in the corner she has just a touch of baby blue.
No, this is not the camera messing up or a light issue.
Red/whites can be merles too!
Aj N Keisue's Frostymerl x CVJ's Sassafras


This is Emily's sister.
She is a brown merle and tan parti
How do you know this.
For starters she has a liver nose.
Her coloring on her body is brown and if the merle did not effect
her coat she would of been a brown tri.
She still has tan points just like a brown tri would and some tan points can be Merled too.
She also has the blue eyes that say, "Hey I am a MERLE".
She is parti colored as most of her body is not solid in color, she has patches of color
just like a normal parti color would have patches just some of the patches
have been affected by the merle gene.
So, I am going to break down why I call her what I do.
Brown (base color) Merle (coat type) Tan (markings) Parti (variety)



Blue merle boy out of
 Ch. PBJ's Boot Scootin' Boogie

 

Bentley who is Champion Sired
AM/CAN Ch. Harmony's Phantom Of The Opera x Aj's N Mully's Merled N Sable
The dam herself if out of Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition aka Wizard on Males page of site.
Bentley is owned and loved by Aj Kennels.
 

Bentley in May 2011 another Blue merle and tan parti was taken to the vet
and has his Patella's certified through OFA.
As we are #3 with patella issues in Cockers.
This shows merles don't have all those issues people may think they do.

Aj's Kyss My Merle Ash aka Bentley.
Bentley in both of these photos Summer 2010.

Wow, Bentley stylin' in some shade.
Bentley will start doing agility in 2011
BENTLEY'S PAGE
 

Kali a sable merle girl.

Bentley fall 2010



Bentley at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln Nebraska
Home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
GO BIG RED!

Sandcastle's I've Been Spotted aka Isla
Wyndsong's Marbled In Sable x Sandcastle's I've Been Spotted.
Isla is a 1/2 sister to Emily
Isla had her Patella's tested on 11/1/2011
She passed as she is NORMAL to see test click below.
Isla's Test
 

Sandcastle's I've Been Spotted aka Isla
Isla is a "Clear Sable Phantom Merle"
She looks like a standard red/white until you notice the lighter sable markings above her eyes.
Her merle markings are hidden by the sable but the sure way to know "Hey I'm A Merle"
is to look at her two blue eyes.

Sandcastle's I've Been Spotted aka Isla

Camo a solid merle male
 Aj's Kyss My Merle Ash x Ch. Brickett's Woman On A Mission



Camo a Solid Blue Merle male which is mismarked
that is why he has white on his toes, face and chest
Just like a mismark would be.
~ photo taken 09/30/2011~
Not only is his mom Ch. Brickett''s Woman On A Mission
Many of his grand parents are Champions
Ch. Harmony's Phantom Of The Opera (multiple champion producer)
Ch. K-Line's N Cutts Beyond-A-Doubt (multiple champion producer)
Ch. Brickett's Woman Of The Night (multiple champion producer)
Camo's Pedigree



Gracie a sable merle girl out of Aj's Dragon Slayer x Aj's Bad Ash Merle
Many of her grandparents are Champions!

Sable Merle puppy out of Aj's Dragon Slayer x Aj's Bad Ash Merle

The one on the left is a solid blue merle and one on the right a blue merle parti.
Aj's Kyss My Merle Ash (Bentley)  X  Aj's Pretty Is As Pretty Does (Pretty) AKC Ch. Pointed
Grandparents on both sides are Champions.
Ch. Harmony's Phantom Of The Opera (multiple champion producer)
Ch. Che-Lee's Radio Flyer
Ch. Che-Lee's Superstition (Great Grandsire)
Born Fall 2011- 1 red, 1 blk/white, 1 blk/tan, 2 merles, 1 tri, 1 red/white

Pedigree