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This breed was developed in Australia in 1977 by Dr. Truda Straede with a gene-pool of approximately 30 foundation cats. [3] Dr. Straede submitted a plan to the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales Cat Club (RASCC) for a breed with blue, brown, chocolate, and lilac colourings by using Burmese; and for a spotted tabby pattern by using the ticking gene of Abyssinian to go with a spotted ...
Merle is a distinguishing marking of several breeds, particularly the Australian Shepherd and Catahoula Leopard Dog, and appears in others, including the Miniature American Shepherd, the Koolie in Australia, the Shetland Sheepdog, various collie breeds, the Cardigan Welsh Corgi, the Pyrenean Shepherd and the Bergamasco Shepherd. [5]
Synonyms include silver, pepper, grizzle, slate, blue-black grey, black and silver, steel. Greys of a dusty or brownish cast are often lilac, a d/d dilution of liver, and this colouration does not have much of a commonly recognised name. Across various breeds, it is called lavender, silver-fawn, isabella, fawn, café au lait or silver beige.
In baby puppies, the distinctive coat will not have had time to get to its full length, so they sometimes get mistaken for similar breeds such as the Bearded Collie or Old English Sheepdog." 2 ...
The early history of the Smooth Collie, like that of many dog breeds, is a matter of speculation. Even the origin of the breed's name is unclear, variously claimed to describe the early shepherd dog's dark colour ("coaly") or derived from the name of a breed of sheep with black faces once commonly kept in Scotland ("Colley") or derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "useful."
The Koolie (also known as the Australian Koolie or by the historic misnomer "German Coolie") is an Australian dog breed.The Koolie is a working or herding dog which has existed in Australia since the early 19th century when it was bred from imported British working dogs.
The breed was not popular and was mostly unused as pets and/or service animals. [8] In the 1980s, Wally Conron, a Labrador Retriever breeder specializing in service dogs, received a request for a hypoallergenic guide dog. The result of Conron's efforts was a hand-picked parentage mix between a Poodle and a Labrador Retriever.
Like Ollie, a German Shepherd mix who seems to have "lost all hope" about finding a forever home. The dog was recently shared by the Madera Animal Shelter in Madera, California, who want to see ...