How common are Blue Eyes in sheep dogs?
I ask because at least one of our puppies will have at least one blue eye. Pictures forthcoming, or check the blog below... |
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| Dark Brown Eyes and Wall Eyes are preferred (One Blue, One Brown), breeding for 2 blue eyes is not encouraged and is in our breed standard here. If 2 blue eyes then dark blue.
Your pup is fine, very common the wall eyes in the breed.  |
| Allie has 2 blue eyes. I am sure she was a puppy mill baby considering her previous ouwners bought her from a petland. I am pretty sure she isn't blind though. she doesn't just walk into things |
| Per the American Standard, 1990:
EYES: brown, blue or one of each. If brown, very dark is preferred. If blue, a pearl, china or wall-eye is considered typical. An amber or yellow eye is most objectionable. |
Quote: doesn't just walk into things
Several of our sheepdogs have had trouble running into things, but only when their hair was long! 
We had one who could even catch a frisbee if you put his hair in a topknot! |
| My Annie has two gorgeous blue eyes and she definitely doesn't have trouble seeing. She was a Momma 3 times too! |
Here's a picture of the puppy in question. He is only three weeks old. Will his eyes lighten or darken? This is the blue one.
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| I'm not sure, Ken, but I'm thinking that hand doesn't belong to that woman in the picture! LOL |
| Cute baby! Panda has two blue eyes and has no problem seeing....although, other people ask me if she is blind or has cataracts....sigh....there were nine pups in Pandas litter and she and another male had blue eyes.....If your pup doesnt react to sound, Id take him/her to the vet... |
| No, Ron, that's her hand. We call her "gorilla woman." (just kidding)
So far as we can tell, they all have their senses. I guess the only way to make sure is to take them away from the crowd, one at a time, and test by snapping fingers on either side of their head to see if they turn, shine lights or something into their eyes, or to see if they will track by watching something. |
| I have seen several rescue dogs with blue eyes that were deaf. I think that is a more common link than being blind. I know it happens with great danes too - two blue eyes and deafness. Here is one that got adopted: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/dis ... id=6488232
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| You are correct Jane (Guest) that is why it is not encouraged as more chance of producing deaf puppies. Nothing to do with blindness. |
| So it means the blue eyes gene is the recessive one,,,
no wonder why many white rabbits with 2 blue eyes are deaf... I got so many questions about OES eyes.. the subject is fascinating By clapping fingers, you can kind of tell if a puppy with 2 blue eyes is deaf? I guess based on his response to sound... But can you even predict or guess if the puppy will become deaf in the near future? Or is it that if they are not born deaf, it's unlikely that they will become deaf? So there was also mentioning of dark blue eyes vs. light ones Since blue eyes is not so much related to blindness, if the dog has one brown eyes, one blue eyes, even if it's glow in the dark neon light blue, I guess it's safe to assume he's not blind or deaf.... because like with deafness, if you are blind in one eye you eventually become blind in the other.... Then again, are cataracs common in OES? Does it have anything to do with their blue eyes? Many Huskies have 2 blue eyes and they probably have the same % of catarac cases as any other breed... Just got me thinking... |
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