I know nothing about huskies and was wondering if a husky has eyes of different colour, are they any reasons not to breed from that bitch? Health implications, genes etc?

I am not a husky owner but I believe it is not considered a fault for a husky to have eyes of different colour.

any eye colour is perfectly acceptable, as is bi-eyes (eyes different colours) and parti-eyes (different colours within the same eye)

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Fair enough. It just came to my attention after seeing dubious ad for poups of my breed and thought I'd ask

Its entirely normal even in the breed standard. Eyes can be Bi-Eyed one blue one Brown, Two Blue or Two Brown. You can even get a split eye, where on closer inspection the actual eye itself is part blue/part brown.

In certain breeds blue eyes or one blue eye can be associated with deafness expecially I think if combined with white coats. Think it may apply to cats too actually Siberian Huskies though totally normal. Alaskan Malamutes though Blue eyes are undisireable.

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as SDH says the blue eyes in huskies are not linked to the coat colour as in other breeds, its a seperate gene.... so there are no breeding considerations like there are when breeding merles, it dosent affect health. Ive got a bitch with a split eye and one with blue eyes, i have friends who have bi-eyed dogs one of my friends has a red dog with green eyes, all are perfectly acceptable


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You got great answers already, but I also wanted to let it be known to future readers that blue eyes or bi-eyes in Sibes are NOT rare! I see so many byb advertising blue eyed Sibes as rare. Blue eyes are just as common as brown or hazel eyes. I adore this misunderstood breed!

The breed standard says

Eyes
Almond-shaped, moderately spaced and set obliquely. Any shade of blue or brown, one of each colour, or parti-colours equally acceptable. Expression keen, but friendly, interested, even mischievous.

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It works the other way too - I've lost count of the people who have told me my dogs can't be "proper huskies" as they don't have blue eyes!!! (Apart from Summer, that is, who is obviously a "proper" husky!!)



Mick

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It's when I see Malamutes advertised with "rare blue eyes" that I get really riled. Any Mal with a hint of blue in it's eye's is crossed with a Sibe somewhere along the line!

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