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PS                tS                             PS                   tS
tS                    TRI                      tS                   TRI
tS                     tS                            PS               tS
                                                     TRI
TRI                 TRI                                    TRI
BM                TRI                     BM              TRI
BM               BM                          BM              TRI
                                                 WM
BM                 tS                         tS                  BM    
                                       tSM             TRI       
BM                   PS                           tS            tSM   
WM                    TRI                                       BM
tSM                   TRI                       tSM              BM
                                               tS         TRI
tSM                  tS                              tS                tSM  
                                              BM            TRI   
                                          PSM               PS
tSM              PS                                PS              PSM   
                                      tS                  tSM
PSM          TRI                                       tSM             tS
WHITE             WHITE                                   WHITE
Wf  TRI                Wf   TRI                WHITE        Wf TRI
                                                     NON Wf TRI
Wf BM               WHITE             WHITE         WHITE
                                           Wf BM         Wf TRI
WHITE           NON Wf tS                                 Wf TRI
PS                TRI                                        tS
PS                PS                                          PS
S- SABLE:
DOMINANT OVER TRICOLOR.  SHADINGS
MAY RUN FROM STRAW THROUGH RED TO
DARK MAHOGANY.
tS-TRIFACTORED SABLE
SABLE COLLIES CARRYING THE TRICOLOR
GENE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
DOMINANT SABLE GENE.  USUAL (BUT NOT
ALWAYS) A DARK ORANGE TO A VERY DARK
MAHOGANY IN COLOR WITH DARK MASKING
AND FRINGES,
PS-PURE SABLE
USUALLY A CLEAR SHADE OF STRAW OF
ORANGE RED WITH DARK MASKINGS OR
FRINGES.  THESE INDIVIDUALS CARRY NO
TRIC0LOR GENE AND CAN PRODUCE ONLY
SABLE COLOR REGARDLESS OF WHAT
COLOR IS COMBINED WITH THEM.
TRI-TRICOLOR
RECEIVE TO SABLE. BLACK COLLIES WITH
WHITE AND TAN MARKINGS ON SIDES OF
MUZZLE, ABOVE THE EYES,SIDES OF
CHEEKS, CHEST AND INNER MARGINS OF
LEGS.
M-MERLE
A DOMINANT DILUTION GENE WHICH IN
COMBINATION WITH SABLE OR TRI
GENES PRODUCES MERLED COLLIES.
BM-BLUE MERLE
BLUISH GRAY WITH BLACK SPLOTCHING,
CARRYING SABLE MARKINGS IN THE SAME
PATTERN AS THE TRICOLOR.  COLOR
RESULTS FROM THE INTERACTION OF THE
DOMINANT DILUTION GENE(M) WITH THE
TRICOLOR GENE(t).
SM-SABLE MERLE
SABLE SPOTTED TRI COLLIES.  COLOR
RESULTS FROM THE INTERACTION OF THE
DOMINANT
DILUTION GENE (M) ON THE SABLE COLOR.
AT BIRTH, ALL SABLE MERLES EXHIBIT
ABLUISH TINGE ON TAIL AND MUZZLE
BROWNISHMERLE ON BODY OR HEAD MAY
OR MAY NOT REMAIN AT MATURITY, AND
THUS THESE
INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY HAVE DARK EYES
CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR A "NORMAL"
SABLE.  HOWEVER,
MANY SABLE MERLES INHERIT BLUE OPR
BLUE FLECKED EYES, A SURE SIGN OF
MERLE.
PSM-PURE SABLE MERLE
USUALLY A LIGHT OR EVEN "WASH OUT"
SABLE AT BIRTH WITH BROWN MERLING.  
AT MATURITY, QUITE OFTEN THESE
COLLIES LOSE THEIR MERLING AND COAT
COLOR BECOMES A CLEAR RED. NO
TRICOLOR GENE IS PRESENT IN THEIR
MAKEUP.
tSM-TRIFACTORED SABLE
MERLE
USUALLY A DARKER SABLE COLOR THAN
THE PSM WITH DARK BROWN MERLING
WHICH QUITE FREQUENTLY IS STILL
VISIBLE AT MATURITY.  THE TRICOLOR
GENE IS PRESENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE SABLE
AND MERLE GENE.
W-WHITE
THESE COLLIES ARE THE RESULT OF A
CROSS BETWEEN EITHER TWO WHITE
COLOR IS CARRIED ON A RECESSIVE GENE
(W) AND IS INHERITED. INDEPENDENTLY
OF SABLE, TRI OR BLUE MERLE AND MAY
OCCUR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY IF
THEM.  A BLUE HEADED WHITE IS JUST AS
SOUND AND NORMAL A COLLIE AS THE
TRI OR SABLE HEADED WHITE.  THESE ARE
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE WHITE
MERLE WHOSE"WHITE" COLOR RESULTS
FROM THE DOUBLE DOMINANT DILUTION
MERLE GENE, WHEREAS THE WHITE COLLIE
OF A BLUE HEADED WHITE RESULTS FROM
THE RECESSIVE GENE (W) AND ITS BLUE OF
THE MERLE
GENE WITH TRICOLOR.
Wf-WHITE FACTORED
WHITE FRILL, HEAVY WHIT TAIL TIP,
POSSIBLY A BODY SPLASH OF WHITE
HAIRS AND WHITE EXTENDING UPWARD
FROM HIND FEET OVER STIFLE TO MEET
THE WHITE UNDER BODY.
NON-NON WHITE FACTORED
REGULAR COLORED COLLIES NOT
CARRYING THE RECESSIVE
WHITE FACTOR
WM-WHITE MERLE
RESULTING FROM THE COMBINATION OF
TWO MERLED PARENTS.  THESE COLLIES
INHERIT THE DOMINANT DILUTION GENE
(M) FROM BOTH PARENTS.  this, COLOR IS
DIMINISHED ALMOST TO THE
VANISHING POINT BY THE GENE IN
APPEARANCE AND MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE A FEW MERLING SPOTS.  EYES IF
PRESENT, ARE PALE BLUE, SKIN,
INCLUDING THE EYELIDS, LIPS, NOSE
AND PADS ARE PIGMENT LESS EXCEPT
WITH AN AREA OF MERLING; HEARING
AND SIGHT SEVERELY IMPAIRED. THESE
ARE COMMONLY DESTROYED AT
BIRTH.IT HAS NOW BEEN LEARNED THAT
THE WHITE MERLES ARE NOT
NECESSARIY
DEFECTIVE AND MANY HAVE SIGHT AND
HEARING.  if A WHITE MERLE IS RAISED
TO MATURITY AND IS FROM A BM BM
CROSS, IT CAN BE BRED TO TRICOLOR
AND WILL PRODUCE 100% BLUE MERLES.  
THIS IS NOT TRUE OF WHITE MERLES
CARRYING THE PS GENES OR THE tS
GENES
WHEN BRED TO A TRI.
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