The eyes are oval and dark, with an alert, keen expression. Common miscolours in the Australian Cattle Dog are black hairs in a red-coated dog, including the extreme of a black saddle on a red dog, and extensive tan on the face and body on a blue dog, called 'creeping tan'. The Australian Cattle Dog carries recessive piebald alleles that produce white in the coat and skin and are linked to congenital hereditary deafness, though it is possible that there is a multi-gene cause for deafness in a dog with the piebald pigment genes.
[{"common_diseases": "congenital hereditary deafness", "affects_eyes": "no", "caused_by_genetics": "yes"}]
[{"common_diseases": "congenital hereditary deafness", "affects_eyes": "no", "caused_by_genetics": "yes"}]