Rudy at 16 months

Rudy-Zoot is a very comical, sweet natured fella.
He's more calmer and mellower (yea!!) than your normal tan pointed dog..
His markings remind me of a court jester and along with his goofy
fun attitude, it fits him perfectly.
Rudy loves to run and play and he likes to "talk".
He's very loving and gets along with everyone.
He loves TV and is quickly becoming 
a couch potato as long as he can watch whatever is on the "tube".

He's very nicely put together and moves very well when he isn't 
doing his Tigger rendition of boing boing boing and 
leaping jumping over & racing with his toys and the dogs all over the yard.
He's quite comical and he and Bubbie and Obie are fast becoming buddies..
That's scarey..LOL

I became interested in the merle issue a few years back, and started investigating
this subject (with horror, along with curiousity, like many did) which has become highly volatile within the cocker fancy.
I had never seen a merle cocker in person, only in photos.
I spoke to many breeders, both back from the 80's to current breeders about
the merle issue and how it came about.

Recently, I decided after much discussion and  deliberation, in order to make up my own mind about 
what all the excitement was over merle cockers, I was offered 2 of them of my own.

What I saw that day when the breeder of these kids came over with several to visit with, was these HAD to be the most unusual, flashy and awesome colored cockers I had ever seen.
Their unusual markings and blue eyes really fit the bill with the "merry cocker' description.
They all reminded me of little clowns.:-)
Not only were they pretty but they were typey, had extremely nice conformation, 
something that would do quite well in the show ring, other than color.

I decided on Rudy and a little brown & tan girl, Pistol.
Rudy is essentially a black & tan, but does have enough white on him to qualify as a parti. But he produces like a black & tan.
 

I have no plans at this time to breed merle cockers for myself, but if I ever were to do so some day, 
these would be very nice representatives to have for a foundation in merles.

Rudy taken at a few months old

Rudy is available for stud to select females by private treaty.