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A Color Question

by Emily
(Army Base, Germany)

this is sgt rowdy

this is sgt rowdy

this is sgt rowdy this is my female gracie

Hi. I have registered Aussies and I have a ? about my male. He has a lot of white on his head and you could say he is a "bald face". He has a blue eye and a dark ear on one side. He is merle on the rest of his body with copper points. I want to breed him to my black tri female but I'm curious if his coloring is recognized as a breed standard as we are fairly new to the Aussies. Any suggestions? Thanks




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Color Question
by: Anonymous

After seeing the picture of your gorgeous dog I recommend not to breed her before you talk to a specialist. I have read in many places that when AUSSIES have white around their eyes, they have a big probability of becoming blind or to have blind pups. Check it out and be careful. Good luck.


Note from Anton: Info about homozygous merles here.
Breeding your aussie
by: Anne Calmes

The White face on your Aussie SGT Rowdy is not a recognized marking. In fact it is a mis mark, if his parents were a tri to merle breeding.
Does He see and hear well? If you breed him to your female...you will get mismarks in your off spring. If SGT Rowdy is a product of a merle to merle breeding...than he is a lethal white and genetically he has some genes whose quality is poor. If this is the case, I as a breeder, would not recommend this breeding.
If you have more questions please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to answer them:
goldringkennel@aol.com OR
http://www.goldringkennel.org
Anne Calmes
Louiiana, USA
Breeding.
by: Anonymous

Your Aussie appears to be a pattern white Aussie. Which is not a recognized color. However it could just be the "Irish spotting" gene going a little overboard (what gives Aussies there white collars), or it could be a "double Merle" only genetic tests will tell you 100% for sure if it's a pattern white or just the Irish spotting gene gone over board. It is not really responsible to breed either especially being a new breeder. If she is a pattern white (that's my best guess) she will either produce pattern white Aussies or her babies can carry the gene. If it's just the Irish spotting gene. You can carefully breed her/him too a tri or bi colored Aussie with minimal white, and it might be okay but still most breeders even shy away from that. Since it sounds like your Aussie came from a breeder I doubt it's a double Merle, but you can check by knowing if it's parents are both merles.

Now let's just say he/she is a pattern white here is why not to breed:

The "pattern white" might be cute but it's not a recognized color so you are corrupting the breed standard

Although pattern whites do have pigment they still can be deaf.

It's hard to tell the difference between a pattern white a double Merle.
My two cents
by: Anonymous

People pretty much covered what the coloring is. I wouldn't breed that dog. He's just not breeding quality from what I can see in the picture. Not just because of the mismark either.

Source:
I'm an aussie breeder
an update
by: Rowdys owner

I recently found out that Rowdys parents where a Red tri and black tri cross so there seems to be no merle to merle breeding. Yeah! Thanks for the comments and the advice.

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