Not all black,but black enough, you can see them in my album. these two are loveable trouble. We got Lily as a pup, she's the border collie and very true to her nature. She's the only one left of her litter of 12 (parvo), we managed to get shots into her soon enough. She'd been the only female and the runt to boot. Even tho there's nary a wag out of this little gal, her attentive look and willingness to play fetch (over and over and over....) wins over most people's hearts. We got her and her brother, Buster, thinking that because they're borer collies they'd keep the kids running and the kids would keep them busy. We spent the 1st year wishing we could give them away (not really...but what a pain they were!). Lily was a houdini, or a telepath or something; she was constantly getting out of her collar and harness, we think she convinced her brother to do it. Buster suffered a couple months with not being able to keep anything down. We tried everything but surgery and finally wereconvinced it was cancer, had to put him down. tear. A year later we saw a dog on tv that my husband would've liked, to be rescued. When I went to see the fella, they wouldn't let me have him 'cause he was no good with kids. Out came Zoos, (supposed to be 'Zeus' for the mighty warrior, but we all know he hasn't got a mean bone in 'im, hence the goofy spelling). man, I knew I was hooked the minute I saw him. Zoos is part Belgian Sheppard, part collie part stupid dog. I've met guys like him. REALLY cute, big, dumb, so damned loveable you can't help but falling for him. Then again, there's times when I think he's smarter than he lets on. Even tho he spent his first nights with his head stuck in the page wire in their kennel, it's he, not smart border collie Lily, who can push open the door for the kennel from the outside, bang it from the inside 'til it pops open and when you say "go get Lily" (because she's gone in the kennel for a snooze and the door swung shut in the wind so she's stuck in there, he'll not only go and open the door but goes in, and around behind her, following her out. BIG WAGS. Reason I say Lily's true to her nature is because she learned very quickly where the boundaries are for the horses and when we aren't there to take care of business, she keeps them in (really, the fence is quite sound), getting nippy if they dare to get too close to the fence. Zoos, clumsy as he is, took to learning the trade of horse herder when he first got here. He was only one yr and not as fast as our little girl. Got his teeth kicked in once (great vet did an excellent job of putting him back together) and his face ripped open another time. Like I said, not so smart. He likes to chase the coyotes off too. Scares me some bad, 'cause I know those critters will entice a dog out to play while others will come 'round behind them, cutting them off from home and safety. So far we've been lucky tho. I love these pooches.