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Blue merle Border Collie puppy Red merle Australian Shepherd. Merle is a genetic pattern in a dog's coat and alleles of the PMEL gene. It results in different colors and patterns and can affect any coats. The allele creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes, and can affect skin pigment as well. Two ...
The Australian Shepherd is a breed of herding dog from the United States. The name of the breed is technically a misnomer , as it was developed in California in the 19th century. It is believed to have its origins in sheepdog breeds from northwest Spain , as well as collies imported, alongside sheep, from Australia and New Zealand ; the breed ...
In Australian Shepherds, Rough Collies, and Shetland Sheepdogs, blue means a blue (black-based) merle. In Australian Silky Terriers , blue means a saddle-type black and tan pattern, where the black parts of the coat progressively fade to a steel grey as the dog matures and in Australian Cattle Dogs , blue stands for a densely ticked black-based ...
This young Australian Shepherd is as joyful as can be, and she spends her days helping her owners educate other pet owners about the rare disease that makes her so special.
In this video, we see the absolute attitude that an Aussie Shepherd can pull off if they feel like they are being ignored. And when Aussie Shepherd Riley’s mom is even a single minute late at ...
Dogs display wide variation in coat type, density, length, color, and composition. Dogs have a wide range of coat colors, patterns, textures and lengths. [1] Dog coat color is governed by how genes are passed from dogs to their puppies and how those genes are expressed in each dog.
For example, the white in white miniature schnauzers is a cream color, not albinism (a genotype of E/E' at MC1R). Modern dog breeds exhibit a diverse array of fur coats, including dogs without fur, such as the Mexican Hairless Dog. Dog coats vary in texture, color, and markings, and a specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe each ...
The MAS was bred first in the United States as a small herding and working dog. The Miniature American Shepherd (at that time still known as the Miniature Australian Shepherd) was first developed in the late 1960s by breeding what was thought to be small size Australian Shepherds, and by the mid-1970s the breed had reached its current desired size.