Adoptable Border Collies and Pups [Free]

[Kheisa]

<3!

I clicked this topic because I was curious as to whether you were following real dog genetics, because I know most dog artists/designers/etc don't, and I was QUITE pleasantly surprised to find that you do! Several of these look like my own personal characters; I have a Jake-type dog named Ripley and a Flash-type dog named Tux.

I'd love to see a red tri, if you feel like making one eventually. <3 (lilac tri doesn't count x3) Or a more heavily ticked dog.

[Atwood]

I'm glad you like them! ^^ I think my little border collies are the only genetically-accurate adoptables here; genetics are a particular passion of mine, so I really enjoy working with that and seeing what I can get from the various crossings. It's a bit limiting of course, since I only have a certain number of genes to work with (A, B, D, E, M, S and T) and I can only really use alleles that I know well enough to use correctly (which is why there are no sables, saddlebacks or selfs here, at least not yet), but it's a lot of fun. :3 I'll definitely be making a red tri pup soon - my next litter is planned to be Danny x Kye, which gives me a lot to work with due to their recessive traits. That's one of the things I love about BCs: they have such a wide variety of colours and markings but those are controlled by a relatively small and well-researched set of genes, making them easy to work with.

[Kheisa]

They probably are! :3

Genetics are fascinating, I agree. ^^ I like looking at Border Collies and Australian Shepherds as far as genetics go, because you see so many genes expressed. Are you only doing breed standard / approved colors, or are you going to go into mutations as well? Dilute spots, harlequins, tweeds, somatic mutations, etc. I won't be crushed if you don't go into mutations, because regular color dogs are just as lovely and unique, but I was curious. ^__^ The genetics for somatic mutations are fairly basic, and they wouldn't be passed on genetically (the mutation wouldn't, that is), so they're more considerable as far as only doing ones you know the genetics of go, I think.

[Winterpool]

I just have a random question: Are Borders the only breed that you're going to work with, or will you be doing some other breeds?

[Verd]

I Love this one soo much! --------->

[kartharon]

Wow I didn't understand a word you guys jut said

[bumb1e73]

bookmarking 4 later =3

[Balan]

Bookmarking!

[Atwood]

I'm keeping to just the accepted colours for now, though I'm taking a fairly loose definition of 'accepted'. XD Mostly I go by the BC associations and breed clubs' measures rather than the Kennel Club breed standards for the border collie, so I've got some BCs that are predominantly white, as well as Australian reds and lemons, and wouldn't be averse to making a brindled BC if I could figure out the genetics for it. Tweeds and harlequins seem to only occur in Aussies from what I've seen, though I have seen a few BCs with dilute spots (actually, Jake on the front post might count as one, since he's got blue patches as well as black). It would be interesting to do a BC that had one of the really unusual somatic mutations, like an ee-->Ee dog that was yellow with black patches like you see on very rare occasion with Goldens and Labs, though I probably won't given how extremely rare it is. Still, it looks awesome. XD

I just have a random question: Are Borders the only breed that you're going to work with, or will you be doing some other breeds?

I might make a few other breeds, but none of them will be done to the extent that the BCs are, especially since most breeds don't have anywhere near the wide variation of the BCs. I might put a poll up for which breeds people are interested in - I did one a long time ago in a different post, but that post is long since deleted. If I do make others, it'll probably be just three or four dogs per breed at most and of the most typical coat colours.

[KoolAid&Cyanide]

I love them, the puppies are so darn cute! And border collies are great! I can't have big dogs, though, because There's not enough space in our backyard for one of them to get sufficient exercise. And most big dogs shed. So I'm stuck with my adorable Shih Tzu puppy who really isn't a puppy anymore. I love him too.

Could you make one who looks like Jake, except puppy version? He looks exactly like a typical Australian Shepherd, and I absolutely love Aussie Sheperds. But for now I'm gonna take one of those dang cute puppies and put them in my sig.