Hopefully this short and yet informative excursion will shed enough light onto the very important question of French
bulldog coat colors.
In its most simple forms, French
bulldog coat color can be simply be described as the original pied, brindle or fawn, with a variety of possible marking patterns.
Not exact matches
The
coat of the French
Bulldog is smooth and comes in an array of different
colors, such as brindle, fawn, and tan.
The English
bulldog comes in a variety of
color and trim but the usual
coat comes in either white, red, fallow, bridle, or a combination of the usual
color schemes.
This version of the pup is described by Blue Haven French
Bulldogs as having a fawn (light tan)
colored base with a blue (a bluish tinged grey) mask, pads and shadings throughout the
coat.
Normally, cream
colored French
Bulldogs have a «white»
colored coat and distinctively different from fawn
coats.
Coat: English
Bulldog colors include red brindle and other shades of brindle, solid white, solid red, fawn, fallow, piebald, pale yellow or washed - out red or white or a combination of these
colors..
The American
Bulldog Association
color standard is similar, although it requires a minimum of 15 percent white hairs to appear in a dog's
coat.
We definitely would question whether further attempts to physically diversify the English
bulldog, for example, by rapidly introducing new, rare
coat colors; making the body smaller and more compact; or adding further wrinkles in the
coat; are going to improve the already tenuous genetic diversity of the breed.
Dolly is a 3 year old, spayed female, cream -
colored smooth -
coated Chihuahua and French
Bulldog mix.
Many French
Bulldog lovers believe that the blue
coat color is linked to a form of alopecia (hair loss) called blue dog alopecia.
English
bulldog breeders around the world ordered 2482 tests from VGL UC Davis involving
coat color between 2012 and 2016 compared to 62 tests for the hyperuricosuria mutation.18
The negative effects of the rapid introduction of new genetic traits on the health have been best documented in the «The Rare
Color Bulldog Craze».17 Indeed, English bulldog breeders appear to be more interested in adding recessive coat color mutations to increase puppy value than eliminating known deleterious mutat
Color Bulldog Craze».17 Indeed, English bulldog breeders appear to be more interested in adding recessive coat color mutations to increase puppy value than eliminating known deleterious mut
Bulldog Craze».17 Indeed, English
bulldog breeders appear to be more interested in adding recessive coat color mutations to increase puppy value than eliminating known deleterious mut
bulldog breeders appear to be more interested in adding recessive
coat color mutations to increase puppy value than eliminating known deleterious mutat
color mutations to increase puppy value than eliminating known deleterious mutations.
If you don't care about your ability to show a French
Bulldog in the ring, then it really doesn't matter what
color his
coat is.
The records of this laboratory show that English
bulldog owners ordered 2482 tests involving
coat color between 2012 and 2016 compared to 62 tests involving the hyperuricosuria mutation.
There is increased demand for smaller and more compact English
bulldogs, dogs with wrinkled
coats and rare
coat colors.
Here are a few examples of common - and not so common -
coat patterns and
colors within French
Bulldogs.
The boxer is descended from
bulldogs and mastiffs, so you may expect modern day boxers to wear all of the
coat colors of these two breeds.
«We definitely would question whether further attempts to physically diversify the English
bulldog, for example, by rapidly introducing new, rare
coat colors; making the body smaller and more compact; or adding further wrinkles in the
coat; are going to improve the already tenuous genetic diversity of the breed,» Dr. Pedersen said.