Grey Blue Merle Border Collie Puppy

A merle pattern will create merle puppies but a non merle border collie without the gene will not spontaneously throw merled puppies.

Grey blue merle border collie puppy.

By proceeding you consent to our legal notice and acknowledge. The merle color effect is caused by a dominant modifying gene. Medium long and dense shedding. The blue merle border collie is a clever herding dog with ancient roots.

10 16 years energy level. Blue merle border collie puppies for sale. 20 21 inches tall 25 45 lbs lifespan. Find border collie puppies and breeders in your area and helpful border collie information.

All border collie found here are from akc registered parents. Besides being one gorgeous dog the border collie is also very hardworking and somewhat of a workaholic. Leigh anne clark and sarah murphy in 2018. We also have wonderful puppies of color from over thirty years of selective working ability and pedigrees.

For blue merles the border collie will have a white gray ish base colored coat with black blue ish patches and spots. This breed is not for everyone. Enter your email address to receive alerts when we have new listings available for blue merle border collie puppies for sale. Please do your research before bringing home a border collie puppy.

You can cancel your email alerts at any time. Blue merle is actually one of the rarest border collie coat colors. It has the same incredible work ethic intelligence and energy as any other colored border collie. These merle variations are akc registered as blue merles according to a recent discussion by the collie club of america in august 2018 previous article i found explaining what was known about this rare color of blue merle before the recent research was completed by dr.

These include solid bicolor tricolor merle and sable with no color or pattern preferred over another. The american kennel club akc breed standard allows all colors or combination of colors and or markings for border collies. Not only will this gene affect the coat color but also the nose and eyes. The border collie originated in the united kingdom in the 1800s for use as a herding dog and guard dog along with a variety of other sheep herding dogs over time certain kinds of these sheepdogs became preferable over.

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. Blue merle border collie puppies like all puppies may be challenging to train but it s more than possible and will pay dividends in the future. Beautiful blue merle red slate lilac border collie puppies if you have never owned a border collie before.