| Sheltie Coat Colors |
| Shelties come in a variety of colors and shades. I will just touch upon the basics and then refer you to some wonderful sites that really go in depth (to the genetic level) about the sheltie colors. |
| Sables are the basic brown and white color. Although they can vary from a golden brown to almost black. Bingo is a 'pure for sable' as none of his ancestors were any other color. |
Bingo
| Bishop is also a sable, but he is black on his back. His undercoat is light brown. Bingo is his dad. He is also tri-factored (his mom Matrix is a tri) so he can produce tri offspring. |
Bishop
| Matrix is a tri. She is black with white and tan. Her undercoat is black. Tri's should be a shiny deep black with no rusty hue. Tri's can produce any color as they can be bred to any color. |
Matrix
| Misty is a blue merle. Silvery grey with black spots, also white and tan. Spots will vary in placement and size. Blues only come from having a blue parent. The other parent must either be a tri or a tri-factored sable. A merle to merle breeding will cause deaf and blind puppies. |
Misty
| These two dogs are sable merles, notice how Brass looks like a sable and Santa is almost blonde. Santa also has touch of blue in one eye, which eliminates him from showing in AKC. |
| This is Millie she is a bi-black. She is only black and white. |
| Winston is a bi-blue. Only silvery grey with black spots and white. No tan. |
| Mario is a color headed white.He is a blue merle but there are also sable and tri color headed whites. They have a normal colored heads. All colors can have spots on their bodies. |
A great place to learn about color headed whites
A nice explanation and more pictures
Another site about sheltie colors
Brass
A wonderful and in depth page. A must see.
Santa