Need help and identifying Merle pattern Questions

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  1. shay91

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    Need help and identifying Merle pattern

    E7616823-AD14-4872-BF2E-9B0BDC8B792C.jpeg Recently I got a border collie. I was told he is a red Merle, but he doesn’t look like any red Merle that I’ve seen. Is this still considered red Merle or is he considered something else?
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    Interested to see what others say but I would describe it as a sable merle - though I've never seen one.
    Were the parents a sable and a blue merle?
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    Haven't a clue, but very pretty
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    Whatever the colour is called, I think he is a lovely looking dog.
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    Thank you
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    Mom and dad were both red although mom did have one blue Merle
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    I would say he’s a sable merle, if you want to know for sure you can do a dna test
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    In Australia I’ve never seen that color on a border collie.
    I have seen it on a “German coolie” however.

    I saw a mini daschhound that color today which I didn’t know existed , so not claiming to know everything ,
    Often the Koolies have different color eyes like the blue. Sometimes only one blue .
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    Here they are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolie

    as I said I don’t know everything , always learning.
    Koolies are working dogs in Australia (apparently originated the type of working dog there)

    I live in Australia and always knew them as Koolies or German koolies.

    Wikipedia page explains this name also, known as collies.
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    A rescue border collie on the news here tonight on 2 different channels is a real hero , finding signs of life in Beirut after the explosion there still.

    I tried to post a link to the news story , however for some reason the link didn’t work. Had to edit the post, saw it on aljazeera , then I see rt has it.

    brilliant dogs .
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    Haven't got a clue but he looks frisky lol

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