Border Collie Sable Merle
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Border collie sable merle. This Border Collie type has a typical double merle coat pattern. Aw - aw is agouti also known as Wolf. Heart of a Jaded Dragon Lotus.
They appear in blue blue merle blue and white red red merle red and white black and white saddleback sable sable merle and many more. Here we have a probable harlequin double merle. Sable can hide merle as merle is only able to be expressed on eumelanin black brown blue lilac and cannot be expressed on Pheomelanin red such as clear sable or ee red.
Hi Im Astro Im a border collie but an extra special one because Im a blue merle color. Im light grey and white with black speckles all over my fur. Pedigrees include conformation show champions obedience champions.
Only a merle parent can produce a merle puppyIt is not a gene that is carried therefore the coding would be M for Merle or m for non-merle. A shaded sable merle will have some faint darker browntan patches on a lighter base and the merling will usually be confined to the It is often most visible on the ears where the fur is shorter. Border Collies have a life span ranging from 10 -17 years a male can weigh between 30- 45lbs and females weighing between 27 -42lbs.
AKC Sable merle LOTUS comes from our original line of dogs of Borderzones Vivas a Wild Soul from conformation lines and Rockin G Bandit son of the legendary Rocking G Spurs a champion cowdog. A genetically SABLE dog would be called a SABLE MERLE however with the phaeomelanin dominating the color scheme they are often difficult to recognize as adults. The Elite Border Collie Ranch family has puppies not only in traditional blackwhite and tri but also blue merle shaded sable sable merle lilac lilac merle blue slate blue merle chocolate chocolate merle chocolate sable and brindle.
Matisse belongs to Paula Wright of Haverhill Suffolk England. Dec 24 2020 The American Kennel Club AKC recognizes 17 standard Border Collie colors which are black blue blue merle brindle gold lilac red red merle sable sable merle saddleback sable white and black white and blue white and blue merle white. It would be unusual for a double merle to have so much pigment.