Frenchie Tink

Researching the French Bulldog breed can be a delight sometimes. Finding articles about them being dogs of historic belles and high socialites or learning that they’ll only weigh up to 28 pounds is always a great discovery. Sometimes you even run into a fact that’s kind of bizarre like that they fart a lot or that they have to learn how to bark.

The latest fact I discovered that I found interesting is that blue, chocolate or liver frenchies don’t fit into the French bulldog standard. They can’t show in AKC confirmation events. So, if you have one of those ever so rare beautiful blue (grey) colored $5-$10k French bulldogs, then you can’t show him. Nor can you breed him without getting your head cut off from avid Frenchie owners that aim to preserve the breed. If your frenchie is the color of delicious chocolate or tasty (to dogs) liver, then your dog can’t help toward French bulldog standards either. This is all a bummer to me because blue is my favorite color and I love chocolate. So if I were to ever get a blue frenchie, I wouldn’t be able to show him. Or if I decided to breed him, I would be going against AKC breed codes and qualifications. Which means I would actually be hurting the breed standard. That sucks.

Blue French bulldogs are so expensive because good breeders with a good cause (to better and protect the breed standard) are trying to eliminate all frenchies with imperfections like a diluted (d) black gene. Because of this they are rare and almost extinct.

I found this great French bulldog color genetics reference resource for anyone interested in learning more about frenchie genes and how they turn out the color they do. Here’s the link http://www.french-bulldog.com/page28.php.

To see pictures of beautiful blue French bulldogs visit this Blue French Bulldog Website or check out Shel-E’s French Bulldogs.

As for why the AKC disqualifies grey, brown and liver, I don’t know. I’m hoping to find out soon…

Maybe one day blues can show???