Black Baby With Blue Eyes.

Why the dog association does not accept Albino dogs

Why does the DPCA reject the Albino?

We know that these dogs are photophobic, (sensitive to sun light). They have vision problems resulting from abnormal development of the retina.

They are prone to skin cancer and skin lesions. Due to the lack of pigment, they are extremely susceptible to skin damage from the sun.

Poor temperament is a significant concern. Due to the intense inbreeding to obtain the mutation, the temperaments on a great many are totally unstable. These problems range from fear biting to outright vicious attacks. Shyness is prevalent. Most are not suitable for homes with small children. Yes, there are exceptions, but hardly enough to make them acceptable to most families.

In addition to the above problems concerning health and temperament, these dogs have a total lack of breed type.

There is dialog currently between the DPCA and the American Kennel Club to impose a breeding restriction on the Albinos. They would still be registered, but would have the same restrictions as an ILP registered dog. Owners would not be allowed to register any progeny of the Albinos.

While negotiations continue, the DPCA is utilizing a tracking system, call The "Z" List. This tracking system identifies any dogs that may carry this mutant gene. It enables ethical breeders to avoid breeding to animals with the defect.

While we can understand the attachment one can have for animals of all colors, sizes, shapes and pedigreed or not, we must realize that the Doberman Pinscher was a breed created for a purpose.

A standard of excellence was drawn up describing what the ideal Doberman should look like, how it should act, and what colors it should be. Albino cannot be classified as a color. It is just the opposite. It is the lack of color.

No recognized standard would call for a dog that is Albinoid. It is a genetic defect in all creatures.

http://www.dpca.org/albinoinfo1.html

Ndipe,

I suppose it was just a tasteless outburst trying to justify putting the words "Adorable and Defect" together.

Ndipe,

Yes, if the cause of the blue eyes is Albinoism, then it is a defect.

Ndipe,

I suppose your right. I don't stop to smell the roses enough. 

Nawa, on top one small innocent baby 


The eyes are scary, no doubt
the baby is still aiight

im Parents like am ooooooooh!!!!!

beautiful, but strange.

Druscilla,

please stop trying to insult people's intelligence with that ignorant bullshit! Wonders shall never end!
How can you compare human genetics with albino defects in dogs??? Are you african? Please tell me you're making a very bad and very stupid joke and you're not really that obtuse! What an insult!

If I were you I would delete that post.

That baby is just the product of a dormant gene.  Maybe somewhere in the mother's ancestry there was a caucasian male or female.  The gene can remain dormant for up to 100 years then suddenly manifest itself by two african parents having a half cast child, or in this case, blue eyes.

Personally I think the child looks scary and unnatural.  Not his fault, all children are blessings from God.
He looks like he can move objects with his stare. 

Also, it's very disturbing that people are going off on him just because he has a white man's trait, I wonder if they are all african.  If they are it's sad.

I wonder if it was a white baby with kinky black hair if the reaction would be the same.

       I have seen how tolerant our black brothers and sisters are.  for the fact that something is strange does not mean it is a defect. they have called the innocent lovely (yes,lovely-and not just b/c of hte eyes) kid abnormal. someone has made an analogy to a dog. Gawd. to a Dog. na wa o.
tell me the meaning of racism-even within a race

Drs have emerged to blast the baby.

you guys disappoint me

The baby has no genetic defect, he just has European ancestry somewhere in his lineage, why is that hard to accept? 

the guy is a healthy baby. he is fine, unusual though, but great as other babies. period.

apology accepted. but i was shocked

that baby might look unusual, but his eyes are normal because i know this one black dude,  he's really dark-skinned but has naturally blue eyes. one of his great great great grandparents was white. but if that aint da case wid this baby, then he prolly got that albinism thing going on.

 

ebelebe igba

TO some extent Dru is right - blue eyes are a mutation BUT this mutation happened thousands of years ago and it is now a perfectly normal eye colour. It certainly isn't caused by the absence of eye-colour genes. It is not a sign of albinism. As this child is African-American all it means is that he had two blue eyed ancestors (one of each side of the family as he needs to have inherited the blue gene from both parents. It is recessive meaning that people with brown eyes can carry a blue-eye gene for generation after generation but nothing happens until it combines with another blue eye gene).

From Wiki
Blue eyes contain low amounts of melanin within the iris stroma; longer wavelengths of light tend to be absorbed by the underlying iris pigment epithelium, and shorter wavelengths are reflected and undergo Rayleigh scattering.[5] The type of melanin present is eumelanin.[24] The inheritance pattern followed by blue eyes is considered similar to that of a recessive trait, however it is a polygenic trait (meaning that it is controlled by the interactions of several genes, not just one).[7] Eiberg and colleagues showed in a study published in Human Genetics that a mutation in the 86th intron of the HERC2 gene, which is hypothesized to interact with the OCA2 gene promoter, reduced expression of OCA2 with subsequent reduction in melanin production.[25]

The authors concluded that the mutation may have arisen in a single individual around the Black Sea region 6,000-10,000 years ago, perhaps suggesting that all people with true blue eyes are more closely related. However, blue eyes with brown spots around the pupil are not related to this mutation.[25]

One survey estimated that nearly 90% of Icelanders have blue or green eyes. Blue eyes are often found in Northern European countries, and are most common in Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Iceland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia and the United Kingdom.[26] They are also present, to a lesser extent, in Southern Europe, the Middle East, Afghanistan and India. A 2002 study found the prevalence of blue eye color among Whites in the United States to be 33.8% for those born between 1936 and 1951 compared to 57.4% for those born between 1899 and 1905.[7]

As melanin production generally increases during the first few years of life (especially if exposed to the sun), the blue eyes of some babies may darken as they get older.[citation needed]

Though the percentage is not clear, a few people have eyes that appear as differing shades of blue and green in different lighting and moods.