Akc Acceptable French Bulldog Colors
Anything else besides the following colors are grounds for disqualification.
Akc acceptable french bulldog colors. Please help maintain the integrity of the french bulldog breed by choosing only frenchies with coat colors as allowed by the akc breed standard. Please refer to the breed standard for additional details. The breed standard for the french bulldog has included the same color requirements since the 1911 standard was approved by the akc. The french bulldog breed was first time recognized by the akc in 1898 and 1911 was the year when the color requirements were established.
Nose other than black except in the case of cream or fawn colored dogs without black masks where a lighter colored nose is acceptable. Despite the large number of frenchie colors the akc standard for french bulldogs only accepts 9 colors patterns. The fawn color has a wide range from dark to light. The numbers in the right column are the official akc registration codes for the coat color.
Here is the list of colors that are approved by the akc for showing purposes. The standard and alternate colors are classified for show purposes. The head is large and square with heavy wrinkles rolled. The french bulldog resembles a bulldog in miniature except for the large erect bat ears that are the breed s trademark feature.
By 1886 bulldog fanciers on both sides of the atlantic had done their work well enough to see the breed recognized by the akc. All colors are acceptable with the exception of solid black. Founded in 1884. Seeking and buying dogs with disqualifying coat colors only hurts the breed even if you have no intentions of breeding an off color frenchie.
Coats other than short and smooth. Some people mistake fawn for french bulldog colors tan brown beige or crème. All coat colors other. The bulldog has long since been the national symbol of england.
Demand drives the market and if there is no demand for blue chocolate black tan or other unacceptably. Acceptable colors all brindle fawn white brindle and white and any color except those which constitute disqualification. It lists is acceptable colors all brindle fawn white brindle and white and any other color except those which constitute disqualification. Fawn from light fawn to red fawn.