i have a gorgeous white blue merle collie, but have never seen another one and often get stopped because noone know what he is. Does anybody else know what it is, have one, or love the breed and coloring?
2006-11-08 10:05:08 · 10 answers · asked by rja_4_LIFE 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
It's one of the colour selections that's recognized by the AKC as being acceptable. Most people are probably surprised because all they know are Lassie and the traditional Sable. Because you have a blue merle, if she's not already fixed, please NEVER breed her to another blue merle. Of course, only reputable breeders should be breeding, but should you want to, MAJOR health defects occur when blue merle is bred to blue merle.
I've linked to some collie photos for you. : )
2006-11-08 10:18:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some friends of mine breed Collies, they have a color headed white that is nice but does nothing in the ring. You have to be careful breeding CHW and most especially double merles. Many health problems linked to merle and excessive white.
The gene for bi-color (B&W or bi-blue) does not exist in Collies, unless you are talking Border Collies and that is a totally different breed. 'Red' (sable) Merles are 'rare' because that is an incorrect/unacceptable color. Merles are not suppose to be bred with sables.
2006-11-08 14:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by whpptwmn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes I'm seeing more of them at shows all the time. a blue merle
is a resessive gene from the tri-collie and sable collie. they can
have health issues because of this. shetland sheepdogs have the
same problem. the tri collie is the original color, but when the movie "Lassie" came out in the 50's or 60's the sable was the only color people recognized in the collie until the last 10 years
people wanted something different and the blue merles started
becoming more popular, same as the shetland sheep dogs.
2006-11-08 11:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by caesarsmom2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
im on my second black and whiite collie and just loving them,ive seen some blue merles before at the moment there are some in our local paper for sale,
i would really love a red merle though there looking rare though here in the highlands.
are you talking about rough collies?we had two tri colurs and two sables but then went on to borders.
2006-11-08 20:33:02 · answer #4 · answered by Karens BCS 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I love the Merle coloring on dogs . I have Chihuahuas and I didn't know that they have a Merle color as well . They are beautiful !! It shocked me too. Id love to have one though.
2006-11-08 10:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by poochiesmoochie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm curious, is he a white merle (double merle) or is he a white collie with merle coloring?
I like white collies, they are very pretty. Double merles are pretty too, but they usually have defects, like blindness or deafness.
2006-11-08 10:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by DaBasset - BYBs kill dogs 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
come in a variety of colors.
The most commonly recognized is
sable and white........ all the coat colors are at this site with some really nice pics too:)
2006-11-08 10:11:35 · answer #7 · answered by Jackson 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess you wanted congratulations for owning the dog...so congrats. After just looking the breed up on the web I realized that I've seen them before but thought they were mutts.
2006-11-08 10:08:02 · answer #8 · answered by Laughing Libra 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
i love that breed.
2006-11-08 10:06:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
rrrr
2006-11-08 10:06:37 · answer #10 · answered by viperz397 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋