Sheltie Colors

Sable and White
Sables can be bright red to heavily shaded. Usually, but not always, the heavily shaded sables are either bi or tri factored.

Can/Ukc Ch Shelhaven R'Hills Panoramic (ptd) "Nikon"
Owner: Terri Frenia, Karen and Robert Henley
Pure For Sable

Can/Ukc Ch R'Hills A Walk To Remember
Owner: Terri Frenia, Joseph Frenia and Jessica Bramhall
Tri Factored Sable

Tri 
Tris are black dogs with tan and white markings. They are a universal color since they can be bred to any other color.

Can/UKC Ch Shelhaven's Silhouette
Owner: Terri Frenia, Karen and Robert Henley

Blue Merle
A blue merle is a black dog that got the diluted gene to make them a blue color. The blue merle has tan and white markings.  They can be bred to black or sable dogs although it is preferred that they only be bred to black dogs. You should NOT breed a blue to a blue unless you know what your doing!! They can result in double merles (look below).

 
Owner: Karen and Robert Henley

Bi Blue
Same as the blue merle above except they have no tan markings

Am/Can Ch Royal Hill's Sterling Silver
Owner: Michael and Linda Cornella

Bi Black
Same as the tri above with no tan markings

Am/Can/Ukc Ch M&Ms Rocky Thunder of Brookfield "Rocky"
Owner: Christine Meacham

Color headed white
The color headed white comes from breeding two white factored dogs. Unlike whites in many other breeds, white in shelties are normal in every way, but they are not accepted by the AKC standard to be shown in conformation. UKC now allows them and hopefully other registries will follow.

Cub Hill Artic Sun
Owner: Susan Wolf

Sable Merle
Comes from breeding a sable to a blue. Most sable merles loose their merling by the time they are adults.

Can Ch Laureate Texan At Nationview
Owner: Susan Ling

Double Merle
Comes from breeding two merles together. They can be blind, deaf and sometimes are born with other problems. It is NOT recommended to breed two blues unless you know what your doing. Notice that with the double merle they have no coloring on their head where the color headed white has color mostly on their head.

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