Australian Shepherd Puppy Blue And Brown Eyes
This black and tan aussie pup is 6 weeks old.
Australian shepherd puppy blue and brown eyes. His eyes are beginning to change from the dark grayish blue of early puppyhood to his adult color of medium brown. Blue merle australian shepherds may have stunning blue eyes brown eyes amber eyes or even one eye that is blue and one eye that is brown. He usually has the following features. It s possible to have a blue merle aussie with two different colored eyes one blue and the other brown.
So one of your australian shepherd puppy s eyes can be a piercing. Specifically a gene known as the alx4 on chromosome 18 is linked with the development of these stunning blue eyes. The right eye turned brownish. Aussies have bright and lively personalities with an energetic lifestyle.
One looks like has a little green amber in it. The guide to blue merle aussies. This dog stands between 18 and 23 inches tall and can weigh around 40 to 65 pounds. Or use the search box in the upper right or the menu to the left to find information you want on eye issues in australian shepherds.
Our jackson had same eye and made him unique. However marbled blue eyes are a lot more common with blue merle australian shepherds. Having blue eyes does not mean a dog is blind. Blue eyes or partially blue eyes can occur in any color dog.
Blue eyes in aussies. Our newest pup has one solid blue and one 1 4 blue. Our zoey has one 1 2 blue and other amber. The australian shepherd is undeniably one of the best dog breeds in the world.
According to researchers a gene mutation is the culprit for these iconic blue colored eyes in siberian huskies. Australian shepherd eye color information for the first two weeks a puppies eyes are actually closed and after that they slowly open up. Eye defects caused by the merle gene are due to having two copies of the merle gene. If you ve decided on an australian shepherd there are a lot of different colors to choose from.
Then at the beginning their eyes are blue so enjoy this stage as it might not last that long. Around 21 days to a month is where you can start to see that final color that you will enjoy the rest of their lives. In fact they re some of the hardest working dog breeds in the world comparable to the border collie. From the beginning the grayish blue shade was fairly dark compared to the light shade of a dog who will have blue eyes.
And then there are some that have one brown and one blue eye. Looks like they will stay blue. In all pictures the left eye blue one has a smaller pupil than the other. The breeder will take her to an eye test next week.
What it means is that your aussie puppy can have different colored eyes. For example a blue eyed aussie may have brown highlights and vice versa. But in my opinion and many others.