Brown Blue Merle Border Collie Puppy

Often referred to as the bleach gene merle breeds exhibit a combination of darker and lighter patches and speckling on the coat.

Brown blue merle border collie puppy.

Blue merle border collies. Suitable for an active pet home or working home. However this slate color is apparent because the blue black white coat color has been diluted. Blue merle border collie breeders as we ve touched upon should avoid breeding merles with one another.

Mum is a family pet and can be seen with pups. Merle is a visible genetic pattern that affects the base colour of a collie s coat. Besides being one gorgeous dog the border collie is also very hardworking and somewhat of a workaholic. The border collie is a working and herding dog breed developed in the anglo scottish border county of northumberland for herding livestock especially sheep.

Find border collie puppies and breeders in your area and helpful border collie information. These include solid bicolor tricolor merle and sable with no color or pattern preferred over another. This breed is not for everyone. Considered highly intelligent extremely energetic acrobatic and athletic they frequently compete with great success in sheepdog trials and dog sports they are often cited as the most intelligent of all domestic dogs.

The blue merle border collie is a clever herding dog with ancient roots. All border collie found here are from akc registered parents. Blue merle is actually one of the rarest border collie coat colors. Please do your research before bringing home a border collie puppy.

The american kennel club akc breed standard allows all colors or combination of colors and or markings for border collies. It has the same incredible work ethic intelligence and energy as any other colored border collie. Very well socialised and used to young children. Medium long and dense shedding.

The slate merle border collie is similar to the blue merle. We also have wonderful puppies of color from over thirty years of selective working ability and pedigrees. 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. The border collie originated in the united kingdom in the 1800s for use as a herding dog and guard dog along with a variety of other sheep herding dogs over time certain kinds of these sheepdogs became preferable over.

For this to happen the dog needs two copies of the recessive dilute gene and just one copy of the merle. Dad is a working dog. 20 21 inches tall 25 45 lbs lifespan. Blue merle border collies have slightly blue or slate tinted appearance generally with black splotches.

4 stunning puppies with amazing colourings available 1 red merle bitch 1 blue merle bitch and 2 blue merle dogs.