| Color types: |
Rough Coats (long haired) |
Smooth Coats (short haired) |
| Sable and white:
|
 |
 |
| Tri-colored:
|
 |
 |
| "Blue" merle:
|
 |
 |
| White:
|
 |
 |
Please distribute to animal shelters: Pure-bred Collies don't all look like "Lassie"! There are 2 coat types and 4 colors.
| Local Collie Rescue Contact:
________________________________________________________ |
Coat and color types of pure-bred Collies:
All purebred Collies have a long nose, face that is flat between the eyes (no stop), white chest and white feet.
Coats vary in 2 lengths and 4 color types; ears may be tipped over or straight up; eyes can be small to medium and round, the white collar can vary from none to wide; there may be shades of color within a color type. Tail tip is usually white
| Color types: |
Rough Coats (long haired) |
Smooth Coats (short haired) |
| Sable and white:
|
|
|
| Tri-colored:
|
|
|
| "Blue" merle:
|
|
|
| White:
|
|
|