Short Haired Blue Merle Border Collie Puppy

The border collie dog takes its name from its place of origin the border region between scotland and england and its initial role as a sheepherder collie means sheepdog in scottish dialect.

Short haired blue merle border collie puppy.

Both the parents are puppies are working sheep dogs but are also our beloved pets. Border collies are a cross breed of the large boned herding dogs that roman occupiers brought to britain starting in 43 a d. This breed is not for everyone. The merle is particularly rare due to being short coat you will not find many of these around.

Beautiful blue merle red slate lilac border collie puppies if you have never owned a border collie before. The slate merle border collie is similar to the blue merle. Running dogs look completely macho. Find blue and merle border collie puppiess from a breeder near you.

All border collie found here are from akc registered parents. Blue merle border collies have slightly blue or slate tinted appearance generally with black splotches. Merle is a visible genetic pattern that affects the base colour of a collie s coat. Please do your research before bringing home a border collie puppy.

Blue merle border collies. However this slate color is apparent because the blue black white coat color has been diluted. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. We also have wonderful puppies of color from over thirty years of selective working ability and pedigrees.

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. If your macho border collie loves running around the compound of your house then you should take this opportunity to get a couple of great pictures of your running dog some people prefer to have a long haired dog breed again some prefers short haired actually the choice varies. Mum is a short haired stunning blue merle and dad is a short haired traditional black and white collie.

Often referred to as the bleach gene merle breeds exhibit a combination of darker and lighter patches and speckling on the coat.