jftreefrog Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Does a dog having two different eye colors indicate any kind of genetic or health problem that I should be concerned about? How often does this happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy in AZ Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 It's not very unusual and it doesn't predispose them to any physical problems. Cute pup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 You are especially likely to find "mismatched" eyes and even parts of one color in the other eye (like your pup with what appears to be a spot of blue in his brown eye) in merle dogs. In black and white dogs, you will find dogs with one blue eye and one brown, but you usually won't find both colors in one eye. Your pup's eyes are perfectly normal, at least colorwise (can't say about inherited eye problems like CEA, but that has nothing to do with color anyway). J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 There's a very strong prejudice against this characteristic among the old timers, but I'm inclined to believe that for once there's no real basis for it. Merle itself is not well received (although it was pretty common 100 years ago), so maybe that's part of it. I personally wish the merle lines hadn't faded away - I've always found blue merle tri dogs perfectly luscious to look at and I have a secret daydream of working with one someday. Maybe the pendulum will start swinging the other way and the merles will rise again - properly bred, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I believe that in humans it was found that people with blue eyes sometimes have trouble seeing in bright sunlight. I happen to like blue eyed BCs, though I think green is my favorite eye color. I find that red dogs with green eyes are particularly striking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I dont know that I've ever seen a dog with green eyes. Got a pic???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hum, not a really good one. I have only ever seen red BCs with green eyes. I used to own a red bitch with green eyes but I don't have any photos that show off the color well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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