French Bulldog Colours Merle

Appearance the ideal merle french bulldog is bred to the akc french bulldog standard with sturdy bone structure and a typical frenchie head and expression.

French bulldog colours merle. Breeding of merle french bulldog blue merle french bulldogs. The akc also approved only the bat shaped ears and that rule is still legal. The disorder causes hair shaft deterioration hence the stunt hair growth that eventually leads to hair loss and baldness. The french bulldog breed was first time recognized by the akc in 1898 and 1911 was the year when the color requirements were established.

Solid blue no brindle dna aa dd solid chocolate dna is aa bb. First up a blue merle french bulldogis what most dog parents call the blue gene dog breed. A rare black color occurs. Rare colored french bulldogs are pictured below some of the dogs pictured below are owned by other people and are shown here only to represent a specific color.

They have a solid coat with the signature eggshell color seen in the base of the pied frenchie in other words they re just the pied frenchies without the dark spots and patches. The rare color species of french bulldogs the blue merle and other rare color species of french bulldog are prone to allergies and poor health conditions due to their genetic disorder known as color dilution alopecia. Again cream is not a color exclusive to french bulldogs. Lilac merle french bulldog to get the beautiful lilac merle color you must inherit two copies of the black gene on the a locus two copies of the dilute gene on the d locus two copies of the chocolate gene on the b locus one copy of the merle gene.

Disallowed french bulldog colors and markings. Another common breed of merles is the black merle french bulldog. Lilac merle french. There are a huge range of other colours that have been bred into the french bulldog breed over time which may be described as shades like blue or any variation of blue such as blue fawn or blue pied slate lilac steel grey and shades of liver chocolate and tan as well as merle.

Solid self black black and tan black and white blue blue and fawn liver merle. Black merle french bulldog. What french bulldog colors are approved by the akc. Merle is a dominant gene on average half the puppies in a litter will be merle.

The cream color of the french bulldog is pretty self explanatory. Since french bulldogs have small litters i usually only have one or two merles per litter.