Short Haired Blue Merle Border Collie Puppy

Merle is a visible genetic pattern that affects the base colour of a collie s coat.

Short haired blue merle border collie puppy. Mum is a short haired stunning blue merle and dad is a short haired traditional black and white collie. For this to happen the dog needs two copies of the recessive dilute gene and just one copy of the merle. Find border collie puppies and breeders in your area and helpful border collie information. All border collie found here are from akc registered parents.

Beautiful blue merle red slate lilac border collie puppies if you have never owned a border collie before. Often referred to as the bleach gene merle breeds exhibit a combination of darker and lighter patches and speckling on the coat. This breed is not for everyone. The slate merle border collie is similar to the blue merle.

Please do your research before bringing home a border collie puppy. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. Find blue and merle border collie puppiess from a breeder near you. Border collies are a cross breed of the large boned herding dogs that roman occupiers brought to britain starting in 43 a d.

Both the parents are puppies are working sheep dogs but are also our beloved pets. Blue merle border collies. 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. A merle pattern will create merle puppies but a non merle border collie without the gene will not spontaneously throw merled puppies.

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

Blue merle border collies have slightly blue or slate tinted appearance generally with black splotches.