Who doesn’t love the speckled other wise known as merle French Bulldogs? They really are a beautiful canvas with unique splattering of a variety of colors.
Ok. Here’s the genetics on how you get a merle Frenchie. Merle is a dominant gene. That means your merle Frenchie must inherit one copy of the merle one on the M-locus to express the merle patterning. Now, there are lots of colors of merles which makes this really fun. We will discuss a few different potential options.
Fawn Merle French Bulldog
For the beautiful fawn merle, your Frenchie must inherit at least one copy of the fawn gene, Ay, on the A locus + one copy of the merle gene on the M-locus.
Fitz is a one of our babies out of our sire Tattoo!
Blue Merle French Bulldog
This means they must inherit two copies of the solid black gene on the A-locus + two copies of the dilute gene on the D-locus plus one merle gene on the M-locus. We have not had a blue merle Frenchie baby yet but when we do we will be sure to post a picture here!
Blue Fawn French Bulldog
The blue fawn color is expressed when your frenchie has inherited one or more copies of the fawn gene, Ay, on the A locus + two copies of the dilute gene on the D-locus to give the blue color + one or two copies of the merle gene on the M-locus.
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.
Lilac Fawn Merle French Bulldog
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.
Merle with Tan Points French Bulldog
In order for your Frenchie to have tan points he must inherit at least one copy of the tricolor gene At on the A-locus.
Our sire Tattoo is a lilac merle with tan points out of Lord Sugar.
Previous Merle French Bulldog Puppies!
Gus Lilac Merle Male
Fievel Fawn Merle
Zadie is one of the girls we have kept!
