Goodinfo: Border Collie Half White Face

Border Collie Half White Face

Many border collies have either a half white or whole white face usually blending into the broad white collar. Left is karly on the left and her son nicky.

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To get a brown border collie its parents should both have a chocolate gene.

Border collie half white face. Karly red and white and speckled is a british obedience champion. When we say blue in dogs it doesnt mean the solid color. Theyd either be light to medium brown golden yellow or green.

We thoroughly enjoy the border collies and strive to continue to keep the breed true to its original purpose of herding. The white coloring is present on the underside along with some parts of the face whereas the rest of the body remains black. The half white face is not only practical for distinguishing dogs at a distance but is a very striking pattern as all these dogs attest to.

We also breed dogs for some of todays more modern uses such as agility flyball and frisbee. Since white hair often grows longer than black these white headed dogs especially if male may look like they have a great white lions mane. Those with predominantly white heads and those with two blue eyes than in.

A split face is when half of the face is white and the other half is coloured. English bulldog and staffordshire bull terrier. The united states border collie association defines it as a dilution of overall body color black or red with streaks or splotches of darker color occurring on the colored areas of the dogs body not the white markings.

Black black black and white is the most common color in border collies. Split and completely white faces are particularly common in the bull type breeds eg. A genome wide association study supported by the american border collie association and members of the working border collie community suggested an autosomal recessive.

Blue white border collie source. Those border collies who have this bicolor have unique eyes. The cause is unknown however its interesting to note that many panda german shepherds see below which are known to have a different white mutation to most other breeds have split faces in a similar pattern so its possible that splitwhite faces could be caused by the same.

Causes of deafness in border collies congenital. At dual oaks farm we focus on breeding healthy dogs with good temperments and dispositions. Half white faced border collies i adore his split face speckles.

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