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Short haired 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.
And the smaller herding.
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.
The merle is particularly rare due to being short coat you will not find many of these around.
Blue merle border collies.
We also have wonderful puppies of color from over thirty years of selective working ability and pedigrees.
Border collies are a cross breed of the large boned herding dogs that roman occupiers brought to britain starting in 43 a d.
Blue merle border collies have slightly blue or slate tinted appearance generally with black splotches.
The slate merle border collie is similar to the blue merle.
Beautiful blue merle red slate lilac border collie puppies if you have never owned a border collie before.
Merle is a visible genetic pattern that affects the base colour of a collie s coat.
All border collie found here are from akc registered parents.
This breed is not for everyone.
Mum is a short haired stunning blue merle and dad is a short haired traditional black and white collie.
It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site.
Please do your research before bringing home a border collie puppy.
For this to happen the dog needs two copies of the recessive dilute gene and just one copy of the merle.
Find blue and merle border collie puppiess from a breeder near you.
However this slate color is apparent because the blue black white coat color has been diluted.
Both the parents are puppies are working sheep dogs but are also our beloved pets.