{"id":278,"date":"2020-05-05T22:29:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T22:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aussieuniversity.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2020-08-12T00:46:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T00:46:30","slug":"why-do-australian-shepherds-have-different-colored-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aussieuniversity.com\/why-do-australian-shepherds-have-different-colored-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Australian Shepherds Have Different Colored Eyes?\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian Shepherds with different colored eyes, or heterochromia, is due to genetics. Not every Aussie is born with these colorful eyes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

You can still remember the first time you laid eyes on your Australian Shepherd. Yes, there was that overwhelming feeling of love you had, but also, you couldn\u2019t help but notice that their eyes were two different colors. You haven\u2019t seen that in any breed of dog you own. Why is it that an Aussie\u2019s eyes are so unique?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019ll tell you everything you need to know about Aussie eye color. From which colors your dog\u2019s eyes may be to other traits possessed by Australian Shepherds with heterochromia, keep reading. You\u2019re not going to want to miss this!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Colors Can an Australian Shepherd\u2019s Eyes Be?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Most dog breeds have a few options for eye colors. The most common hues are hazel, golden, speckled, or light blue. Australian Shepherds boast an eye color range that\u2019s almost more reminiscent of us humans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Their eyes can be green, amber, hazel, blue, or brown. That beautiful color range is just one reason of many to fall in love with an Australian Shepherd. If your dog has heterochromia, you\u2019ll appreciate their stunning eyes even more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Do Aussies Have Different Colored Eyes?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What is it about Aussies that causes them to have heterochromia? It all comes down to genetics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those two different eye colors, which is also known as wall eye, is one trait of many in dogs that their mother and father canine can pass down. With two parents, a puppy\u2019s gene copies double.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, these genes conflict with one another. In such a situation, the mother\u2019s genes will always dictate what the puppy will look like. That\u2019s due to the dominancy of the mother\u2019s genes over the father\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If both parents share the same genes, then there\u2019s no question the offspring will exhibit the traits the gene is expressed for. That\u2019s the only way a puppy will be born with wall eye, by the way, is if both the mother and father share the heterochromia gene.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The parent dogs don\u2019t even need to have wall eye themselves. If the gene is within them, then some of the puppies in the litter will be born with two eye colors. It\u2019s very unlikely they all will, though.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, as cool as wall eye is, it\u2019s not unique to Aussies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other dog breeds that may have different colored eyes are:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n