Blue Grey Merle Great Dane

The merle coat color pattern is a pale to dark grey base broken up with black patches.

Blue grey merle great dane.

Sometimes nose of a blue merle great dane can also bear blue color. Merle patterned great danes can be very healthy dogs but breeding two merle dogs together can be risky. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. Merle great dane the merle color has more variation than other coats as fawn blue or gray can be mixed in.

Generally blue merle great dane dogs hold light grey slate dark blue or brownish blue coat color. A few markings are possible. The merle pattern can provide an absolutely beautiful coat to an already well built and stunning breed. See our great dane colors main page for a link to our blue merle great dane page.

So if you decide to buy a merle great dane check out the genetics of his parents with the breeder first. Patterns may also include brindle and merle. Merle great danes are beautiful animals. Fawn brindle black harlequin mantle blue and merle are the seven standard colors recognized by the great dane club of america.

Nose and skin pigmentation looks bluish black. Great danes of this pattern can come in many different colors and all look unique from one another. Puppies with two merle genes one from each parent can potentially cause health problems. White danes are common in merle to merle mating and are almost completely white.

Blue merle great dane breeding. With blue or black color spotting on the coat all over. Find blue and merle great dane puppiess from a breeder near you. The great dane illustrated breed standard is a great resource for identifying which merle color pattern most closely matches your great dane pup.

Even though they are beautiful blue merle and other merle patterned danes should not be bred. Gorgeous blue great dane puppies are highly prized. Rather than black the coloring is silver light to dark grey with blotching or spots and speckles. This coat is similar in appearance to the harlequin color and because of this some confusion does occur.

There can be variations in the color and spots. The merle coloration was only recognized by the american kennel club in 2018 and is the last on our list of great dane colors. Grey great danes are just another shade of blue. Blue merles are slate dark blue or brownish blue with black spots.

This is the rarest of the great dane colors and the most susceptible to genetic defects. However you can still register your merle great dane as pure breed with the american kennel club. Additionally a tinge of blue or black color might be seen all over the blue merle great dane s skin.