AgileBC's

Four of mine are loose in the house and two are crated. I have a puppy that I cannot trust yet and my oldest border collie gets into everything so for his safety he needs to be crated. We do have a dog room set up with enough crates for everybody, just in case we need them. The boys are in that room with each other, crated separately. My dogs are never left alone for very long periods of time. I work days and my boyfriend works nights, so someone is usually always home with them. Works perfectly for us!

I have a slate merle border collie. (And no, I didn't go looking for one, he was a rescue ) His nose leather is blueish/purple and where a normal merle would have black spots, his are gray/dark gray. He does have all the hair on his ears, unlike that other dog on that website. He has been described as a slate merle and a slate blue merle so I really don't think there is a difference between the two.

What about trying a different venue? There are so many options out there, maybe AKC just isn't for them and their dog.