Border Collie desktop pet
Your Border Collie, in 3D, on Your Mac
The white blaze, the collar of white, and ears that each have their own idea.
What makes a Border Collie look like yours
Border collies come in more colours than most people expect: black and white, red and white, blue merle, tricolour, sable. What they share is white on the face, neck, legs and tail tip, laid out differently on every dog.
No two blazes match, and no template could know yours. The app reads the markings from your photos, so a stripe that runs a little off-centre, or one freckled front leg, lands where it belongs. Milo, below, was made the same way.
Made for Border Collie markings
Blaze and collar
The white stripe up the face and the ring around the neck, placed from your photos rather than painted on from a pattern.
Semi-pricked ears
Many collies have ears that tip over at the top, and often only one of them does. Your collie's ears are built as your photos show them.
Merle and tricolour coats
Blue merle patches and tan points are mapped from the pictures too, which matters because merle never repeats itself.
The white-tipped tail
A low, sweeping tail that often ends in white. A side shot showing its whole length is useful.
The best photos of your Border Collie
Border collies rarely stay still, so photograph after a long walk when your dog is ready to lie down. Take one side view in daylight that shows the whole body, nose to tail tip, then one straight-on face photo with both ears and the blaze in focus. If the markings differ left and right, add a photo of the other side as well. Skip the flash: it turns white fur blue and black fur flat.
More on which photos work, for any cat or dog: how a custom desktop pet is made.
A sample render
Related breed guides: Siberian Husky, German Shepherd and Corgi. For what your pet does all day, see the desktop pet for Mac.
How it works
Step 1
Add photos
In the Mac app, add a few photos of your cat or dog. A side view and a face are enough to start.
Step 2
See them in 3D, free
In under ten minutes you can turn them around and compare them with your photos. Nothing to pay yet.
Step 3
They move in
Keep them for a one-time price and they live on your desktop: walking the Dock, napping on your windows.
Pricing
Free
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Questions
Does it work for border collie mixes?
Yes, and collie crosses are a good example of why photos beat templates: they often have one parent's markings and the other's build. Because we work from your pictures, the mix you have is the mix we make.
What if my border collie has unusual markings?
Asymmetric blazes, ticking on the legs, a merle patch over one eye or almost no white at all: that is exactly what working from photos is for. Include a picture of each side if they differ.
Who is Milo?
Milo is one of the sample pets on this site, a black and white border collie. The render on this page is his 3D model, made from his photos.
My collie has one ear up and one down. Will that show?
It should, since ears come from your photos. Give us a clear straight-on face picture where both are visible, and if the preview evens them out, ask for a regeneration.
Can I make a red or blue merle collie?
Yes, colour comes from what the camera saw, not from a list of allowed coats, so red, lilac, sable and merle collies work just like black and white ones.
Meet them in 3D
Download the Mac app, add a few photos, and see your pet in 3D before you pay anything.
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