Blue Merle Border Collie Australian Shepherd Short Hair

Feb 22 2012 explore jacque verrall s board blue merle collies are the best on pinterest.

Blue merle border collie australian shepherd short hair.

The border collie and the australian shepherd look very similar. I discovered that she looks exactly like a texas heeler. The merle gene creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat blue or odd colored eyes and can affect skin pigment as well. Merle is a genetic pattern that can be in a dog s coat merle comes in different colors and patterns and can affect all coat colors.

The early history of the smooth collie like that of many dog breeds is largely a matter of speculation. Blue merle border collie puppies like all puppies may be challenging to train but it s more than possible and will pay dividends in the future. There are two general types of colored patches that will appear in a merle coat. Risks in breeding blue merle border collie.

See more ideas about blue merle australian shepherd blue merle australian shepherd. The australian shepherd is used to herd sheep and cattle alongside the tough cowboys that created them however this cowboy s comrade is also a popular family dog and has been ranked as the 17th most popular breed by the akc. Dense feathered straight short moderately long. She is now 5 mos old and her hair is still short which made me question what other breed is mixed in.

Before buying a border collie australian shepherd mix or any hybrid dog breed from a breeder there are a few things you should be on the lookout for to make sure they are responsible breeders that care about the health and wellbeing of their parents and all of the puppies they have bred. Adult border collies weigh around 23 kg 50 7 lbs and are between 46 to 58 cm 18 to 22 inches in height. Blue merle border collie breeders as we ve touched upon should avoid breeding merles with one another. White blue merle sable tan black.

Mar 1 2014 explore natalie johnson s board blue merle australian shepherds on pinterest. Even the origin of the breed s name is unclear variously claimed to describe the early shepherd dog s dark colour coaly or derived from the name of a breed of sheep with black faces once commonly kept in scotland colley or derived from an anglo saxon word meaning useful. See more ideas about collie blue merle collie blue merle. Black white tricolor tan blue merle blue merle tricolor slate merle red merle black brindle gold lilac red sable sable merle saddleback sable white blue white blue merle white red white red merle white ticked seal slate white gold white.