Liska (Perm. Reg'd.) Shetland Sheepdogs
Sheltie Colours
The Sheltie comes in several colours.  For showing purposes (i.e. conformation, or the breed ring), the allowable colours are sable, black (with white and/or tan markings), and blue merle (with white and/or tan markings).  The breed standard states:  "Colour black, blue merle, and sable (ranging from golden through mahogany); marked with varying amounts of white and/or tan."

We generally refer to the colours as sable, tricolour (black, white & tan), blue merle (blue merle, white & tan), bi-black (black & white), and bi-blue (blue merle & white).  The sable merle is a colour which is not specifically addressed in the breed standard, and several of these dogs have been shown to championships.

In addition to the colours allowed for showing, the Sheltie can also be a colour-headed white (predominantly white body with head coloured in any of the above colours), and double merle.

Some examples of the various colours are seen below.
Blue Merle

Left: 
Ch. Liska Flash Dance

Right:  Liska Starry Starry Night
Tricolour

Left: 
Ch. Liska Celebrity, ROMC

Right: 
Ch. Liska Diavolino Speed Trap
Sable

Left: 
BISS Ch. Liska The Wayfarer

Right: 
Ch. Liska The Wanderer
Biblack

Left: 
Ch. Kimicko Love Child Bi Liska
Biblue

Below: 
Ch. Liska Star Gazer Bi Kimicko
Sable Merle

Left: 
Ch. Liska Celebration
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