~ You have just entered the Dilute Zone ~

 
 

 

 Blue or Slate ( genetic code dd )

Only d/d will be blue in color, Bb will carry the gene for blue ( dilute )

   Grandver Just A Rose ~ the first ever Blue tricolour BC in UK to gain a CC, she has 2 & 2 RCC's ~ a dark blue with tan points ~ Grandver Border Collies  Sam, a blue/white owner: Gentle Shepherd Farms

litter of blue/white & black/white pups  litter of blues & blacks ~ there were also, blue sable & tanpoints in this litter  litter with black merles, slate merles and blue/slate pups

Sydney ~ a blue/white pup ~ photo credit & owner: John Hooper/ breeder: Visions BC

You need both brown & blue in both parents for lilac coloration

A beautiful Lilac Tricolor puppy - Border Collies Van Waegevelde

provided by: Border Collies Van Waegevelde - Belgium

Below: A litter of 4 lilac/white pups and 2 blue/white pups

4 lilac/white & 2 blue/white puppies ~ bred by JH

Lilac ( genetic code b/b d/d  )

b/b d/d will be flat or dull diluted brown/chocolate

Flurry ~ lilac/white photo: Denise A 5 month old Lilac/white pup ~ photo credit: Kim Hastings

A very old picture of a lilac/white ~ picture credit: Kim Hastings 

lilac/white pup at 3 days old  litter of 1 lilac/white, 1 ee red/white & 3 chocolate/white pups

This is a beautiful dilute or slate merle puppy named Breac.  Cories Border Collies

 

 

 

Another dilute slate merle tricolor named Bree!

Submitted by Red Dawn Border Collies

 

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