Red Merle Dilute Black Tri Australian Shepherd

Whether you have a black tri red merle or blue merle aussie there really is no difference other than the cosmetics or appearance.

Red merle dilute black tri australian shepherd. Although tri colored is the most popular variation of this coat color there are many with just black and white. The eyes are changing color to dark amber or brown and the nose leather is black. The basic colors are body colors of black and red. The puppy on the right is a normal black tri.

Whether any given aussie is black or red is rather simple. The merle gene is added to create the distinct colors of the aussies. My own black tri has turned out to be a phantom merle. Tail edit.

There are many other colors for these dogs such as sable yellow and other dilute colors. All 4 colors each of these can have a copper or white trim. The brindle stripes could also be dilute in the unlikely circumstance than an aussie was also homozygous for the dilute gene. In general however black aussies self bi color or tri color tend to have brown eyes while red self bi color or tri color aussies tend to have amber eyes though these aussies may also carry the blue eyed gene.

If there is even just one spot of merle then the pup is genetically a merle. The merle phenotype in australian shepherds is very similar to the coat color in mitf mouse mutants. So why get a blue merle australian shepherd. There are two common tri color combinations seen in australian shepherds.

However they re extremely rare and aren t considered completely ethical to breed. The brindle dog may have white markings but not tan. Dilution spot on a red merle. True black and dilute.

The rest of the color will be beige to deep red. Some dilute australian shepherds are born dilute but darken as they mature often to a point that they are indistinguishable from a normally colored dog. She had no merle when i got her at 8 weeks but as she matured it became apparent that she had some areas of merle most of which you do not see unless the hair is brushed backward. Not all dilute aussies have the mlph dilution and these dogs are likely among them.

There are 4 colors the australian shepherd can be blue merle black or tri black red merle and red. These are called black bi australian shepherds which stand for black bicolor. The color of the stripes an aussie could vary depending upon whether the dog has genes for black or red merle or not. The coat is an.