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Request: Update Mudi standard to allow Slate/Blue Merle and Isabella Merle
Breed/Doc: https://petzmainstreet.com/ukc/breeds/mudi.php
Evidence:

• FCI states "Colour: Black, White, Fawn (from beige to red), Ash (blue), Liver (brown), Ash-brown (diluted brown/izabella), Cifra (Merle), i.e. pigmented patterns of the above-mentioned colours diluted by the merle factor. "
• AKC states "Allowed colors are: Black. Brown – All shades. Gray. Gray-brown – dilute of brown (Isabella). Yellow and White – All shades. Merle – The merle pattern may be present with any color."
• KC states "Black, white, fawn (from beige to red), blue, brown, blue-brown (diluted brown/Isabella), merle in these colours. White markings, including small patch on chest (less than 5 cms / 2 ins) or some white on toes tolerated."

Example Dogs
North American Mudi Alliance Color page
Champion Hungarian Blue Merle
Litter with 2 ash/slate/blue merle pups




I can't find any champ Isabellas, delving into the Hungarian side of the internet is proving to be a task.

Happy to accept this!

Considering isabella is a rare colour, merle is going to make it even rarer, and the Mudi isn't a common breed, I'm happy to accept isabella merle without evidence of a show quality dog on the grounds that you've linked to a show quality slate merle (and one of the parents of the litter you linked to is one too). If slate merles aren't at a disadvantage in shows, it seems logical that isabella wouldn't be either.