Border collie owners/lovers

[No_Angel]

Has anyone ever come across a sable border collie?

I have one which we got from a kennels years ago (we thought she was a cross because of her colour), she is a fab dog and a lovely colour.

I have not come across many of this colour, anyone know if there are breeders that specialize in this colour?

 

[pink-pony101]

come across a couple yes while showing but not sure of a parcticular breeder that specializes in them

 

[zoe-lvs-horses]

I have only ever seen a few sable border collies.
I love all border collies!! My grandparents have always had them so i got brought up with them, but sadly they lost their last border collie (Kim) just over 1 year ago.
R.I.P Kim.xxxxxxxxx

 

[Shadowlark]

Here ya go, these are the genetics involved.

http://www.bryningbordercollies.com/Border-Collie-Colours

as far as I know they are still rare, and are being bred more for colour than structure/work ethic but that will change with time

 

[Cerys]

One of our working collies is completely red with just a small patch of white unter her chin, she's really small as well and a funny looking little thing, the best thing is she's the only one thats KC registered!

Are the sable ones more showing background? I have never seen a working one?

 

[~Perdita.M~]

I wanna merle......*wub* blue preferably, but heck they are all lovely!

 

[sabreig]

I have a sable bitch coming to live with me in January. I would'nt say that there is a breeder that specialises in them. In my opinion, whether it's a dog or any other animal, temprement and type should always come first, not colour.
I have lost my tri ex working collie to old age (18) and my blue merle to addisons desease at only 6 1/2 within the last 18 months and had decided to go looking for another dog. I like the rarer colours and blue merles seem to becoming too common for me now so I went looking for a red or lilac merle with good markings and type but came up empty but came across a loudly marked (big blaze, collar and long stockings) sable bitch and fell in love. Was only looking for a dog but could'nt resist her.
I'll still keep an eye out for a decent red or lilac merle though, but wil be a few years yet

 

[No_Angel]

I understand that the type and temperament come first, but we like her colour a lot.
My girl isn't a working collie, but a pet, and the next dog we have will also be a pet.
I know if I could find another sable bitch puppy my father would be over the moon, and having lost our other dog in june, and losing one of her sons (my own dog- not the collie- bother) just last week I am feeling I might like another puppy as ours are getting older now (collie is 12, my boy is 10).

I also like the look of the red and white collies (I would actually love a novia scotia duck toller, they are orange and look like a mix between a collie and a retriever)

Here is my sable girl

a close up of her colour

 

[MagicSix]

No-Angel - I love border collies and have a red/white one

Riff
I also have a collie cross who ended up the colour of the Nova Skotia dog - no idea what he is crossed with but is commonly known inthe village as Dingo!

 

[Jenny2502]

i have a blue border collie no joke it says it on her papers! hehe

 

[sabreig]

I'll put some pics of my collies in my albums soon. I don't have any of my sable at the moment though, sorry.