Australian Shepherd Puppy Brown Eyes

The right eye turned brownish.

Australian shepherd puppy brown eyes. Her eyes are not runny nor are they dry. Eye defects caused by the merle gene are due to having two copies of the merle gene. Some aussies have solid blue eyes or eyes that are brown amber or gold in various shades but that are solid in that shade. She is hands down the happiest heartiest pup i ve ever seen.

In all pictures the left eye blue one has a smaller pupil than the other. The brown colored eyes of the black aussie can come in different shades of brown. The ghost eyed ones we breed and promote only the breed of purebred registered australian shepherds. The australian shepherd often known simply as the aussie is a medium sized breed of dog aussie eyes may be any shade of brown or blue.

My pup has a solid temperament is very active but not nervous at all. I am a former. Australian shepherd puppies can have golden green blue brown and even marbled irises. Having blue eyes does not mean a dog is blind.

They may have two different eye colors or they may have marbled eyes were at least two different colors occur in the same eye. Cataracts and distichiasis are the most common. Blue eyes in aussies. Aussies might have any combination of brown blue hazel amber or green.

The breeder says it is an optical illusion because in her darker eye she has a brown color ring around her pupil and that s why it looks bigger. This is more common in merles but i have seen it in tri pups as well. She talks a lot and is very smart. They may have two different colored eyes or even have bicolored or split eyes for example breeders have historically docked the tails when the puppies are born.

The australian shepherd is one of a few dog breeds that commonly have two different colored eyes called heterochromia. She is a black bi with strong pigmentation and no white around her dark brown eyes. For this specific color coat a darker brown is most common. The breeder will take her to an eye test next week.

Although it s possible to have different colored eyes as seen in many other aussies it s not common. Blue eyes or partially blue eyes can occur in any color dog. On very dark individuals they may even appear black. Aussie eyes have been seen that are golden lemon yellow amber light brown dark brown green orange and blue.

Since there are several genes that affect a dog s eye color it s hard to even breed australian. Or use the search box in the upper right or the menu to the left to find information you want on eye issues in australian shepherds. I have never seen just one eye go red.