What breed is this??

[BC_MoM]

I just did a quick google search on prepredominantly white border collies, all of the sites said that they were rare. It surprises me since I've met several...but either way, it says that. 0_o

I am a member on a Border Collie Rescue group.. many predominantly white BC's wind up in shelters. (just from observation) There are quite a few whites in rescue, but I've never seen them in pictures of litters by reputable breeders.

Does the AKC recognize predominantly white Border Collies? I know the CKC doesn't even recognize the BORDER COLLIE.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I know the CKC doesn't even recognize the BORDER COLLIE.

Why?!

[BC_MoM]

Why?!

The CKC does not recognize the border collie as it is bred for it's brain & ability rather than for a uniform appearance. CKC (like AKC) is all about physical standardization. This is why most breeds look so much alike while the BC can have so many shapes and forms. Once registered with the CKC or AKC, they have to set what a BC is supposed to look like, right down to oh so important things like how long its nose is in proportion to how wide its head is. To say nothing of height, coat length, colour and ear conformation. Because of course all these things are just soooooo important.

It was thanks to the tremendous effort by the Canadian Border Collie Association that this did not happen. This is why we don't have mass production of barbie collies in Canada (with a some unfortunate exceptions...who register their dogs in the US to get around this). It is also a major reason we don't have as many BCs per capita showing up in shelters.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Oh... I only ever see Orange Poms on Dog Shows! It's noooo fair.

[BC_MoM]

Oh... I only ever see Orange Poms on Dog Shows! It's noooo fair.

Yeah, it bites.. I have no real desire to ever own a purebred with papers and professionally show. I just think that's boring.. I prefer just loving your dog for being who it is. It would be cool to own a purebred, but I think a mix is better. You can, in a sense, some weird way, own two 'purebreds' at once. ..... Or not... haha

[cali]

people say that mostly white BCs are rare because they are not recignized, the one and only reason clubs like AKC dont recinize mostly white BCs is because they like to live in their own little world and believe that sheep wont take a mostly white dog seriously, this is something that shaphered thought a along long time ago, around the same time that they thought that in dogs that had one brown eye and one blue eye that the blue eye controls up close and the brown eye from a distance. in reality there, there is a line of top working border collies that are mostly white. but because of the previous though about whites not being taken seriously they were culled, which is why there are not nearly as many mostly whites as there is mostly colour, THAT is why a lot of places will say that mostly whits are rare. what you are thinking of about mostly whites being blind or deaf are lethal whites, these are born from merle/merle breedings. mostly white BCs that result from proper breeding are no differnt from coloured BCs

[cloverfdx]

My first thought was ACD/ BC x aswell . What a little cutie.


Zeph man on the far left is mainly white with a few black spots, completly healthy happy dog.

1 more pic coming in a sec when i can find it .....