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The
color red merle arises, just as the blue merle, when areas of the
originally red color are diluted. The degree of merling (the diluted
red) can vary significantly, from a dog appearing cryptic to a dog with
almost no patches of the originally color. Like the red Aussie does the
red merles show great individuality in shade and tones of the originally
color, which again influence the shade and tone of the merling too. The
originally red color are accordingly fo guidelines from ASCA (the
Australian Shepherd Club of America) preferred as being lever or dark
mahogany.
Like the other colors are red merle allowed in a plain red merle or with
markings of cobber/tan and/or white. The most frequent combination
though, are just like all the other colors, markings of both white and
cobber/tan, called red merle c/w. Below are shown four Aussies, that I hope can give some insight into the individuality and variety of colors, shade, tones and merle patteren. The first Aussie is very dark levered with small areas of merling (she is at the same time harlequein which you can read more about under Colors and Merle in Genetics).
Self-red merle (meaning no markings of tan or white) is like the other colors, rarely seen. The dog below to the left, is in fact red merle and white, but only with small white markings on the chest. The dog on the right is on the other hand a try self-red merle.
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