There is one genetic form of white Border Collie, however, that is truly defective and should be avoided by both buyers and breeders. It is the result of breeding two merles together; it occurs in any breed (collie, sheltie, Aussie) in which merles are present.

Probably the least common of the Border Collie colors or color patterns is the merle. Merle is a dilution of overall body color--black or red--with streaks or splotches of darker color. If the basic color of the dog is black, the merle version will be a soft gray, often referred to as "blue"; if the dog is red, the merle will be a pale red.

Rodeo tickets were sold out so he watched the miniature-horse show. Costumed owners brought out their stallions "under thirty-six inches in height" and stood the feisty little beasts for the judge's inspection.

The only registry of Canadian Border Collies is the Canadian Border Collie Association, Tara Dier, Secretary, Box 817, Stirling, ON, K0K 3E0, Canada. The United States Border Collie Club, Inc., supports these registries for their efforts to preserve and promote the working Border Collie.

The United States Border Collie Club, Inc. (USBCC) is dedicated to preserving the Border Collie as a working stock dog; opposing the showing, judging, and breeding of Border Collies based upon their appearance; promoting only careful breeding for the preservation of working ability and the avoidance of genetic defects; and helping Border Collie ...

Like the Welsh Grey and the Dalesman, most of these collie types are probably now extinct. Others, like the Shetland and rough collie, have been taken up by show breeders and are virtually useless for livestock work. The Border Collie has been saved as a …

In order to understand the genetic basis of the USBCC's objection to AKC registration of the Border Collie, we may have to start back at the high school biology level and work forward. In the first place, heredity, the information passed from one generation to another, is contained in discrete particles which Mendel called "genes."

Picture book about Border Collie on the farm Larson, Janet, The Versatile Border Collie, Loveland, CO: Alpine Press (1986) Breed book Lee, Rawdon B., The Collie or Sheepdog, London: H. Cox (1890) Breed Levin, Betty, Away to Me, Moss, New York: Greenwillow (1994) Young boy trains a dog for trialing Lewis, Ernest, Beth, a Sheepdog, Toronto ...

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All About Border Collies was originally established by the United States Border Collie Club, Inc. (USBCC) in January of 1999. The USBCC was dedicated to preserving the Border Collie as a working stock dog; opposing the showing, judging and breeding of Border Collies based on their appearance; promoting only careful breeding for the preservation ...