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Sable and White photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Often a paler sable than the counterpart at right |
Black factored sable and white photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Usually a mahogany colour with black overlay |
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Sable Merle and White photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Usually has silvery hair on edges of ears which may be the only identifying color trait. Merling in coat of pure for sable merle may not be evident. eyes may be brown, blue or merled. |
Black factored and white factored sable merle - Note presence of silvery merling on face and body. Merling more obvious than in pure for sable merle pictured to left. |
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Black white and tan (also known as tricolor) photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Note tan markings on face and upper leg areas |
Black and white (also known as bi- photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Note absence of tan markings |
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Blue merle white & tan (also known as blue merle) photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Any shade of grey with black patches, & tan markings |
Bi- photo courtesy Skyehaven Shelties Note absence of tan points |
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Sable headed white |
Tricolor headed white |
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Blue Merle headed white |
Double dilute/double merle (sometimes hearing and/or sight impaired) Primarily white including the head |
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Brindle Note mixture of black and brown hairs |
Dilute Tricolor Note faded black coat color |
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This is a variation on the tricolor gene - |
White head, colored body |