Blue Grey Merle Great Dane

Patterns may also include brindle and merle.

Blue grey merle great dane.

White danes are common in merle to merle mating and are almost completely white. Blue merle great dane breeding. Puppies with two merle genes one from each parent can potentially cause health problems. However you can still register your merle great dane as pure breed with the american kennel club.

The great dane illustrated breed standard is a great resource for identifying which merle color pattern most closely matches your great dane pup. Fawn brindle black harlequin mantle blue and merle are the seven standard colors recognized by the great dane club of america. Grey great danes are just another shade of blue. Blue merles are slate dark blue or brownish blue with black spots.

So if you decide to buy a merle great dane check out the genetics of his parents with the breeder first. A few markings are possible. The merle coat color pattern is a pale to dark grey base broken up with black patches. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site.

Generally blue merle great dane dogs hold light grey slate dark blue or brownish blue coat color. Great danes of this pattern can come in many different colors and all look unique from one another. Even though they are beautiful blue merle and other merle patterned danes should not be bred. Sometimes nose of a blue merle great dane can also bear blue color.

Merle great danes are beautiful animals. Find blue and merle great dane puppiess from a breeder near you. Nose and skin pigmentation looks bluish black. Merle great dane the merle color has more variation than other coats as fawn blue or gray can be mixed in.

This coat is similar in appearance to the harlequin color and because of this some confusion does occur. Gorgeous blue great dane puppies are highly prized. These colors are considered show acceptable. This is the rarest of the great dane colors and the most susceptible to genetic defects.

There can be variations in the color and spots. With blue or black color spotting on the coat all over. See our great dane colors main page for a link to our blue merle great dane page. Additionally a tinge of blue or black color might be seen all over the blue merle great dane s skin.

The merle coloration was only recognized by the american kennel club in 2018 and is the last on our list of great dane colors. The merle pattern can provide an absolutely beautiful coat to an already well built and stunning breed. This unusual color varies from deep steel blue through slate charcoal and paler grey.