French Bulldog Colours Merle

Another common breed of merles is the black merle french bulldog.

French bulldog colours merle. The disorder causes hair shaft deterioration hence the stunt hair growth that eventually leads to hair loss and baldness. The akc also approved only the bat shaped ears and that rule is still legal. 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. Since french bulldogs have small litters i usually only have one or two merles per litter.

Lilac merle french. Black merle french bulldog. Merle is a dominant gene on average half the puppies in a litter will be merle. 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.

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. 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. Disallowed french bulldog colors and markings. 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.

Breeding of merle french bulldog blue merle french bulldogs. What french bulldog colors are approved by the akc. A rare black color occurs. 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.

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 self black black and tan black and white blue blue and fawn liver merle. Solid blue no brindle dna aa dd solid chocolate dna is aa bb. French bulldog ears could also be seen in 2 shapes rose and bat shaped ears.

Blue lilac chocolate black tan merle or any colour or pattern other than the colours recognised in the kennel club breed standard what are fad colours blue chocolate blue pied blue fawn blue brindle black tan. Lilac fawn merle french bulldog.