Blue Merle Border Collie Puppy Blue Eyes

Within about 10 12 weeks your puppies eyes will mature and begin to turn to their new permanent color.

Blue merle border collie puppy blue eyes.

It has the same incredible work ethic intelligence and energy as any other colored border collie. Find blue and merle border collie puppiess from a breeder near you. For breeders to get a blue merle border collie one of its parents should be carrying the merle gene what it does is take a dominant color like black and. Merle is a genetic pattern that can be in a dog s coat merle comes in different colors and patterns and can affect all coat colors.

They are sweet loving highly intelligent athletic and make great family pets. The blue merle border collie is a clever herding dog with ancient roots. Explore 56 listings for blue merle border collie puppies for sale at best prices. This breed is not for everyone.

Blue merle border collie breeding genetics. There are two general types of colored patches that will appear in a merle coat. Puppies with blue eyes. Risks in breeding blue merle border collie.

We also have wonderful puppies of color from over thirty years of selective working ability and pedigrees. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. Email field should not be empty please enter a valid email address. All young puppies are born with varying shades of blue eyes.

Genetics can be tricky and complicated but to simply put it a dog s coat color is a result of two base colors a dominant and a recessive gene that it will inherit from its parents. Blue merle is actually one of the rarest border collie coat colors. Brown is the default eye color for mature dogs. The merle gene creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat blue or odd colored eyes and can affect skin pigment as well.

Although the blue merle may look a little untraditional compared to the lassie version of the border collie they are still the same basic dog in all the aspects that you would want a border collie for. Some appear to be a little more green blue while others will have blue with spots of brown. Please do your research before bringing home a border collie puppy. Beautiful blue merle red slate lilac border collie puppies if you have never owned a border collie before.

Blue merle border collie breeders as we ve touched upon should avoid breeding merles with one another.