OK i have found koolie puppies in Queensland and can choose from three of them their parents both have red Merle in their background puppy number 1 is a softy but already helping to herd the potty calves into the dam and other places were potty calves should not be put lol. pup number two is the mischief marker who very quietly herded the 60 goats back into their night shed while his brothers and parents were getting their photo's taken.
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I like Donnie

I'd snap him up.
The other one would still be classed as a tri.
Just not as nicely uniformed as Donny.
Take Donny.
Ann might correct me but it's what it looks like to me.

I agree, Donny looks to be beautifully boned and heaps of substance and presence.

On colour I would have to agree that Donnie would be my choice, to my own personal preference the ideal amount of merle. The trim is a real copper and certainly stands out. I think he could be popular as a stud dog also. Are the ears down like the other? Personally pricked ears are my preference (it looks like throwing his head back has flicked them up). If you are going to breed from him, because one parent is solid you know he is only carrying one merle gene, putting him over another solid dog means a percentage of the offspring will be solid colour but should have no problems with merle created blindness and deafness. If you aren't going to breed or stand him at stud pick the one with the best temperament and personality. The other guy certainly has an interesting colour, although a bit gooey (personal preference again), might send it to Jeanne Joy to see what she would call it...it helps to know someone in the know!!
Good Luck!

yes i like Donnie the best to. i was leaning that way but i just won't ed to make sure the i was picking the right dog. Donnie is not his name it was just given to him so we could work out which pup was which none of the pups have name yet. so now the fun starts to find him a name any idea's ? i like short names like spice, chase ones that not to many other dogs would have i have not come across another spice yet but i did find a chase at the comp on the weekend.

i have had a look at the pic's again i think that donnie's ears are semi pricked but it is hard to tell.
donnie is also one of the best workers out of the five boys the best one they are keeping he is a little black dog that is not in any of the pic's all the female pups have been sold already just the boys left.donnie is the mischief maker while the breeders were taking pic's of mum, dad and litter mates donnie rounded up the 60 goats nice and quitely and put them away into the goats nite pen/shed plus yesterday donnie,two eyes and the other tri merle boy rounded up the potty calves into the dam. donnie is the leader into all of this mischief. i think i am going to have fun with this boy i am already feeling sorry for the