Pretty Miss Emma Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Today I was told of a colour of BC'S that I've never come across - merlo or possibly blue merlo. I know of the merle's but have never heard of merlo, however this person was 100% sure that the breeder had called the colour that. Apparently it's blue merle also with some red. Anyway interested to know if this is a real colour or ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuralPug Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I thought merlo was a south american variety of coffee bean? Maybe the BC's are coffee coloured merles?:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 OMG. Could be a merle tri combo. That would give the blue merle with red. The merle doesn't work on the red tri bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janba Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Blue merle is an allowable colour in ANKC border collies. Vickie's Trim and shine are blue merles. Chocolate merle BCs occur as do tri merles but are not registerable on ANKC main register which is silly as they can easily occur from a mating of 2 allowable main register dogs. It is the same with tri colours - black tri can be registered on the main register but chocolate tri can't. There are no health problems with any of the merle or tri colours that don't occur with the allowable solid colours. ETS the person is probably talking about a tri merle with bright tan Edited June 24, 2012 by Janba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Miss Emma Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 That's the only thing I could come up with Jules - a blue merle tri (with a fancy name so you sell more for more money maybe!! Ok I should try to be less cynical!! But it's feeling a bit like "silver" bc's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 PME, I think your cynicism is correct!! Either that or the person genuinely misheard the breeder and it is a tri blue merle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) A nice wine coloured BC?? :laugh: Edited June 24, 2012 by Aussie3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Aussie3 - there was a FB discussion by somebody recently involving BC and wine - maybe it came out of there :laugh:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benshiva Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 "sigh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatrinaM Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Or that's what you call a whiney BC puppy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystiqview Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) or a BC dosed up on coffee? I learnt that trick the hard way.... And it was only the dregs left in the cup. LOL. In all honesty though, who knows what half these colour breeders come up with. Sable merle, silver merle, the bigger the rainbow the more they charge. There is one breeder who is complaining about having to now register for GST on their puppy sales.. Yep. that is at least $70K a year!!! Edited June 25, 2012 by Mystiqview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I thought it was just the aussie thing of adding an 'o' to words - or is that just peoples names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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