Border Collie Coat Types

You can see in the photos that lone is more bearded than kyp.

Border collie coat types.

The rough variety is medium length with feathering on. He will usually take the long and squat body shape of the corgi but with the collie coat and coloring and his large ears and cheeky smile will be his signature features. Within these two umbrella categories of course there is still plenty of variation. The borgi will measure between 10 to 21 inches tall and weigh between 30 to 40 pounds and be a medium sized breed.

While black and white is the most commonly seen color pattern of the border collie the breed appears in just about any color and pattern known to occur in dogs. The borgi mixes the border collie and the corgi. Smooth coat and rough coat. Regardless of what type of coat and color a border collie has smooth or rough long or short they re all border collies.

Complete list of akc recognized dog breeds. Their hair helps them weather different. Border collie corgi. The border collie breed boasts two varieties of coat.

In general border collies are medium sized dogs with a moderate amount of coat which is more often thick and prone to shedding they have a double coat that varies from smooth to rough and is occasionally curled. For example some border collie coats are wavy to the point of being curly while other coats are quite straight. Border collies generally fall into two coat categories. Includes personality history health nutrition grooming pictures videos and akc breed standard.

The border collie is generally a very hardy and healthy breed and a responsible breeder will screen breeding stock for health conditions such as hip dysplasia progressive renal atrophy deafness. Chocolate white border collie. Like the difference between the collie and the collie one spelled with an uppercase c and the other with a lowercase c the bearded collie is a separate breed now but bearding in the border collie is a coat type. They can have markings in all these areas or just some.

Each border collie is designed for a purpose. The border collie s coat features two layers. Both are double coats with a coarser outer coat and soft undercoat.