French Bulldog Merle Color Chart
There are two alleles the dominant full color b and the recessive brown b.
French bulldog merle color chart. Best dogs on the planet. Her dna is atat bb dd mm kbr ky. What is french bulldog color. Two copies of brown are needed to dilute black pigment to brown.
The merle pattern is a pattern that dilutes certain areas of the dogs color and makes it appear as a different color. Lilac dna is a combination of blue and chocolate dd bb. For the lilac fawn merle color your frenchie must inherit one copy of the fawn gene on the a locus 2 copies of the blue gene on the d locus two copies of the chocolate gene on the b locus one copy of the merle gene on the m locus. You only need 1 copy of merle to be present to make a visual.
Dna could be atat bb. Uc davis dna color chart. However we ve managed to identify the 8 most common and prevalent colors. Blue and tan dna is at a dd.
But in the french bulldog color chart that many breeders and competition show judges use these colors mean something other than a species of wildlife or major body organs. French bulldog coat colors. Despite the large number of frenchie colors the akc standard for french bulldogs only accepts 9 colors patterns anything else besides the following colors are grounds for disqualification. Lilac fawn merle french bulldog.
For red or yellow dogs the brown allele does not dilute the hair color but will change the color of nose and foot pads from black to brown if two brown alleles are present. There can be many more color coat variations of the french bulldog. Deciphering and interpreting french bulldog colors can become a bit confusing especially since certain colors and patterns tend to look a lot like certain other colors and patterns until your eyes learn to see the differences. Black and tan owned by donna shannon dna could be atat or ata.