Originally Posted by Husky_mom
Thank you! I love them!
Sage is a sable merle, so she has a blue eye. In Collies, you won't see blue eyes, unless they are merles (sable merle or blue merle)...
Actually her sister Stella is a sable merle as well, but she has 2 dark eyes.
When they were born, they were more obvious sable merles, but as they matured the spotting on their bodies disappeared.
Here is a pic of the whole litter at 1 day old.. you can see the sable merles in this photo.
Left to right we have...
Tri male, Blue merle female, sable merle male, blue merle male, sable merle girl, Sable (non merle) male, sable merle girl and another sable merle girl.
Paris is a tri-factored sable, but the stud she was bred to is a tri-factored sable merle.
Sage and her sable merle brother (Hunter) both had a solid blue eye... the rest have mostly dark eyes, or maybe dark eyes with a small fleck of blue... Stella does have a small spot of blue in her eye, but it's hard to see... as far as showing Sage with a blue eye... some judges won't like it (except for BLUE merles, they are supposed to have 2 dark eyes, matching in color).. but she has such a nice body and structure and very nice head detail... I don't think it will be a problem for her. Her sire has a partly blue eye.. and he was the #1 smooth in the country in 2008.
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