Border Collie Merle Merle

Merle is a pattern and a dilution gene that expresses itself in a number of different breeds including Border Collies.
Border collie merle merle. This mixed breed has very heavy patching and one side of the dog is almost completely solid black. In fact also 28 of Border Collies suffer from unilateral deafness one ear or bilateral deafness both ears. Blue Merle Border Collie breeding.
Its not a coloration that occurs without deliberate and rather narrow selection and from what Ive seen that is almost always. Rough coated border collie puppies. This handsome boy with ice-blue eyes and mismatched ears is Matisse Detania Shmily Matisse who was shown at just over 6 months old.
All puppies are stunning with a friendly and confident nature. This coat color can only be produced in puppies by dogs who carry the dominant merle gene. BLUE MERLE AND BW BORDER COLLIES.
Blue MerleRed Merle puppies. While there may be a lot of possible reasons for this according to the American Border Collie Association it is higher in dogs with merle coats a white head or blue eyes. 1500 With Blue eyes 1600.
Here we have 8 beautiful pups 4 x bitches 4 x dogs. With that said the merle pattern is the least common which means they are quite rare. 13032021 Blue Merle Border Collie is prone to congenital deafness.
Black dogs will have patches of grey. 18012011 The thing about the merle coloring though is that to get merle in a border collie one has to breed for that color. This advert is located in and around Canterbury Kent.