A blind merle or as some call them ghost merles is a mostly solid or all solid color Catahoula such as a solid black or mostly black or a slolid red or mostly red that is believed to be non merle but actually carries the merle gene, hence the term Ghost merle. The dog in the pic is an example of a
Ghost merle. We bred him to a blue leopard merle. Being that he was a ghost merle and the gyp was a merle one of the pups was born with a solid white face and sight and hearing issues. You can breed a double merle, which is a mostly white or excessive white with or without hearing or sight issues to a solid color non merle, and if he or she IS truly a non merle , ther should be no double merle pups,all
pups will be single merle. Again here is a pic of a ghost merle.
