Red Merle Australian Shepherd Colors Red Tricolor

They can inherit two possible coat patterns.

Red merle australian shepherd colors red tricolor. The blue merle and black have black pigm. Despite their name they weren t developed in australian. I have a red merle australian shepherd female and red tri male that i plan to breed when they are both old enough. This hasn t been proven in australian shepherds but in gsds black does not completely mask red when dilution is present.

I would hypothesize that this could be the case with the lilac tinted blue dilute aussies but genetic testing to verify what alleles are present would be required to prove this. Mm is a solid dog. Be wary of breeders who advertise tri color australian shepherds as having a certain temperament. A red dog is always bb.

Merle m is dominant to a solid m. Merle is a color modifier or pattern not a color itself. Therefore for a red australian shepherd to have a merle coat they only need to inherit one dominant merle gene. In other cases there are even black aussies with hazel colored eyes brown and green with brown being the dominant color.

The recognized colors are blue merle red liver merle solid black and solid red liver all with or without white markings and or tan copper points with no order of preference. And mm is a double merle. So mm is a merle dog. Bb and bb are both black dogs.

In summary for red merle australian shepherd puppies to be born they must receive two recessive red coat color genes and one or two dominant merle pattern genes. There are some who may believe that there is a difference but there is no scientific evidence on the matter. Blue merle australian shepherd. So if you are planning to adopt a loving dog breed for your family then you may consider adopting an australian.

Blue merle tri color.