Unique Blue Merle Border Collie-Lab Puppy Looks Like a Slice of Adorable Oreo Cheesecake

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

Nov 13, 2026 9:00 AM EST

Some doggos were born to blend in, but Freddie was born to take a bite out of life with a pawsonality as sweet as a slice of cookie-colored cheesecake!

I'm not going to lie to you, I may or may not have licked the screen the first time I saw Freddie. The intrusive thoughts won in that moment in time. Freddie is a blue merle Border Collie - Lab mix puppy, or a "Borador" as his humans describe him. He's splattered in black, gray, and a bit of white like someone dropped a slice of Oreo cheesecake on a dog-shaped plate, and the internet has been going back for seconds ever since. Nay, thirds! And the best part? All his cute pictures contain zero calories and all the doggo dopamine your puppy-loving brain could desire.

Freddie lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, where his humans run his Instagram, @freddiethewoof. His bio truly says it all: "Part dog, part panda." They did miss the cheesecake part, though. He is a certified good boy at 10 months old and like any puppy in their teenage phase, a whirlwind of cuteness, dopiness, and chaos that make his pawrents' lives full of "Awwwws" and "Oh no!"s every day.

His feed is a steady stream of good-boy content (as it should be), plus some very serious bird business. He's obsessed with ducks, which makes sense because of his Border Collie brain mixed with his Labrador Retriever body. You better watch out, all you avians out there, Freddy is a very smart boy with a lot of energy and determination to retrieve… anything.

In my pawsonal opinion, Freddie is going down in history as one of the cutest puppies ever.

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Some people think Freddie might be part Catahoula, and we understand why! His coat looks exactly like a Catahoula's, with that blue-gray background and black spots dotted around. However, Freddie's pawrents do know his lineage, and there isn't any Catahoula in there.
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Here are some fun facts about the merle coat coloring: Labs don't come in merle, so that cookies-and-cream swirl comes from the Border collie side of the family tree. The other thing the dog internet will (rightly) tell you is that two merle dogs should never be bred together, since double merle puppies can be born blind or deaf. If you fall for a Freddie lookalike, ask the breeder questions, or check your local rescue first. Scroll down for more of Freddie below!
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Turns out Freddie's look isn't exactly one of a kind! One rescuer, @tatsbycourt_, spotted a resemblance right away.
Omg looks just like the pups we rescued mom is a red Aussie have no idea who dad is but omg we have 3 tha tlook like this guy."
Three cheesecakes, one house, way too much cuteness. Somebody call the bakery, because this Instagram doggo pawrent has a whole dessert menu ready!
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