Goodinfo: Border Collie White Ears

Border Collie White Ears

They will be presented without comment or identification of the dogs for brevitys sake. Border collie ears vary from dog to dog.

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This is flynn left a new england border collie rescue dog and red patterned white.

Border collie white ears. This gorgeous blue patterned white smooth coated border collie is mac who belongs to jana trask from new zealand. That is because at least one of the genes responsible for extensive white in border collies is associated with deafness. Prick ears or semi erect.

But in reality there are myriad types of ears that defy description. Many border collies have either a half white or whole white face usually blending into the broad white collar. Kaylee left is another classically marked border collie with heavy ticking in her white interestingly except for the end of her tail and her narrow blaze.

The ears of the border collie are also variable some have fully erect ears some fully dropped ears and others semi erect ears similar to those of the rough collie. Fully erect ears fully dropped ears and semi erect ears are all common. She is a smoothcoat belonging to christina tucker of phoenix arizona.

Border collies come in many colors and there are great border collies of many colors. He says that while his black and white male overheats easily white chianna does well in the california heat. This cutie left with a white face one blue eye and enormous black ears is quinn who belongs to maggie scarvell.

Semi erect ears are also called pricked ears and can range from a 14 erect to 34 erect. 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. This rough coated border collie is keswick right.

We will try to present as many here as we can. Most standards state that white should not predominante or some similar language. Right chianna a mostly white with only black ears and a black spot on her rump belongs to fred carter from sacramento california.

A tipped ear is nearly completely erect but the very tips of the ears hang down. Border collie ears are said to come in erect aka. The border collie is generally a very hardy and healthy breed and a responsible breeder will screen breeding stock for health conditions such as hip dysplasia progressive renal atrophy deafness epilepsy collie eye anomaly neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and trapped neutrophil syndrome.

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