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The Collie comes in four colors: sable (think Lassie), tricolor (black with white markings and tan shadings), blue merle (silvery blue and black), and white (predominately white with markings). The amount of grooming necessary for the Collie depends on the variety. Overall, the Collie is a clean dog, with minimal doggie odor. The long, full coat of the Rough Collie needs thorough brushing twice a week (even more frequently to keep her looking Lassie-like).
Collie Color: The two base colors in collies are sable and black & tan. Most of us know, that in collies, sable is dominant and tri-color recessive. A puppy inherits one color allele from each parent. An allele is an alternate form of a gene. Therefore, if a collie inherits a dominant sable allele from each parent, he/she is a pure for sable (homozygous for sable). On the other hand, if a recessive black & tan color allele is contributed by each parent, the collie will be a tri-color (homozygous for black & tan).