Short Haired Blue Merle Border Collie Puppy

For this to happen the dog needs two copies of the recessive dilute gene and just one copy of the merle.

Short haired blue merle border collie puppy.

This breed is not for everyone. Border collies are a cross breed of the large boned herding dogs that roman occupiers brought to britain starting in 43 a d. Blue merle border collies. Merle is a visible genetic pattern that affects the base colour of a collie s coat.

Beautiful blue merle red slate lilac border collie puppies if you have never owned a border collie before. Mum is a short haired stunning blue merle and dad is a short haired traditional black and white collie. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. All border collie found here are from akc registered parents.

Find border collie puppies and breeders in your area and helpful border collie information. Both the parents are puppies are working sheep dogs but are also our beloved pets. Find blue and merle border collie puppiess from a breeder near you. Health issues are riskier with merles double merles every now and then two merles both carrying the merle gene mate and when two merles mate they have a 25 chance of producing a double merle puppy.

We also have wonderful puppies of color from over thirty years of selective working ability and pedigrees. The merle is particularly rare due to being short coat you will not find many of these around. And the smaller herding. The slate merle border collie is similar to the blue merle.

However this slate color is apparent because the blue black white coat color has been diluted. Blue merle border collies have slightly blue or slate tinted appearance generally with black splotches. A merle pattern will create merle puppies but a non merle border collie without the gene will not spontaneously throw merled puppies. The border collie dog takes its name from its place of origin the border region between scotland and england and its initial role as a sheepherder collie means sheepdog in scottish dialect.

If your macho border collie loves running around the compound of your house then you should take this opportunity to get a couple of great pictures of your running dog some people prefer to have a long haired dog breed again some prefers short haired actually the choice varies.