Merle Double Merle Merle French Bulldog Colors

The paw pads and nose are sometimes mottled pink and black because the gene targets the skin as well.

Merle double merle merle french bulldog colors. 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. The only thing that makes them different from the rest is the color of their coat. Unlike a regular merle dog a double merle dog s coat is almost completely white but has a few splotches of color throughout it. While most of the puppies will be regular merle french bulldogs there is a slight chance of one being a double merle one.

Most double merle dogs inherit serious hearing and vision problems. Almost a quarter of such dogs are completely blind and completely deaf. Two merle french bulldogs need to be bred together to make another. Lilac fawn merle french bulldog.

Merle affects only. Personality and temperment in general. If you start with a black dog and add the merle gene you still have a black dog genetically but with sections of the black diluted. A double merle or a double dapple dog is easy to identify because it does not really look like a merle.

Because of their extraordinary appearance they are very easy to differentiate from the others. A merle frenchie looks like a typical french bulldog with its short and muscular body broad and square shaped head dark eyes and bat shaped ears. They vary in size shape and color. Merle is a genetic pattern that can be in a dog s coat merle comes in different colors and patterns and can affect all coat colors.

4 a merle english bulldog has a higher risk of inheriting various. Unlike the piebald pattern these patches or sections may look jagged on the outer edges. The merle pattern is labeled red or blue. Merle affects the eyes resulting in dark eyed odd eyed or blue eyed dogs.

Many double merle dogs also have a reddish tint around their eyes. The merle gene dilutes random patches of a dog s coat to a lighter color. There are two general types of colored patches that will appear in a merle coat. These patches are distributed all over the body.

Since french bulldogs have small litters i usually only have one or two merles per litter. The merle gene dilutes random sections of hair to a lighter color which leaves patches of the original color sometimes these patches can be very small. The merle gene creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat blue or odd colored eyes and can affect skin pigment as well. 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 mm dog is a blue merle chocolate merle lilac merle black merle or sable merle depending on what color it would have been without the merling gene. This is why 2 merles should not be bred at any cost. But the appearance of their coat looks very different from dogs with the standard color. A double merle english bulldog has inherited 2 copies of big m merle from both parents.

Bulldogs with this pattern look like a typical bulldog with a compact body and wrinkly coat.