How old is a six year old Collie Girl?
Hoping for better news on this one. 2/28/21: I am a six year old collie girl that is a little overweight at 80 pounds. It will be a while before I can go to my new home because I have a lot of medical problems that can hopefully be corrected. I have a pin in my leg where at some time I was hit by a car.
Can a 12 year old collie be adopted?
3/20/21: I have been used as a breeder dog and at 12 years old no longer wanted. My coat is matted, dirty and I am in heat. Did you know there is no menopause for dogs and we continue to have heat cycles all our life. I am in pretty good shape and have no problem doing stairs. I am housetrained and would love a soft dog bed to lay on.
Are there superstitions about Border Collie handlers?
Although working border collie handlers sometimes have superstitions about the appearance of their dogs (handlers may avoid mostly white dogs due to the unfounded idea that sheep will not respect a white or almost all white dog), in general, the American Border Collie Association considers a dog’s appearance to be irrelevant.
How old is a collie in the Carolinas?
I’m about 8 years old and weigh 40 pounds. A bit overweight but the way I like to run in the yard that will come off quickly. I have always been an outside dog living in a dog lot so I am very happy to have the large fenced yard.
How does the merle gene affect a collie?
The merle gene has exactly the same effect on a collie with two brown genes, turning some parts of a brown coat lighter brown by allowing less color to come through. Of course, when a collie has one brown color gene and one black color gene, it is still a sable, just a darker brown one.
Can a double merle be a tri color collie?
Double merles usually have at least some vision and/or hearing impairment. However, these defects are not passed to the double merles offspring provided they are only bred to solid color collies – tri color or sable – with no merle gene.
What does a double dilute Collie look like?
The double dilute lacks color pigmentation and sometimes can be deaf or blind or both. They are a result of breeding two blue merles together, thereby doubling up on the merle gene. Almost all Collies are marked with the traditional white collar, chest, legs, feet, tail tip and sometimes white facial markings, called a blaze.
Why does a Collie have one brown and one black gene?
Of course, when a collie has one brown color gene and one black color gene, it is still a sable, just a darker brown one. This darkening phenomenon is called epistasis (an interaction between genes). Epistasis means that the black recessive gene in a tri-factored sable is suppressed by the dominant brown gene that we call sable.