These babies were out of Mila X Dandy (stud).  We retained her little cream parti merle male (pictured top right, holding his favorite watermelon stuffy) and are training him for obedience and conformation.  We EMBARK test all of our puppies.  You cannot breed merle to merle, so it is very important to know if a dog carries the merle gene.  The white pup with the watermelon toy is merle and you would never know just by looking at him.  The black and tan pup (pictured right) carries the hidden merle gene and may have green or blue eyes as an adult.  The three cream pups are not merle.