Merle Blue Great Dane Colors

However the base coat can sometimes be described as silver as well.

Merle blue great dane colors. The fawn colored great dane is a classic especially if you ve seen marmaduke or if you are a scooby. There also exists a rather special case. Even more problematic breeding two merles together had a. Merle has always been a great dane color but never an approved one.

Mantle merles typically have a white base coat similar to mantle great danes. Your merle may have a mantle. The akc also lists other standard colors so you may find blue merle danes silver merle great danes and chocolate merle great danes. Throughout the past century merle has been a disqualification meaning that regardless how elegant or regal an individual dog may have been a merle great dane would be dismissed simply on the basis of its coat color.

A merle great dane with a mantle is called a mantle merle. A merle great dane may or may not have a mantle which is an area of solid white color that rings the neck and chest only. A complete list of all 7 recognized variations 1. Mantle great danes have black spots.

The merle coat color pattern is a pale to dark grey base broken up with black patches. Blue fawn mantle merle great dane combination of these patterns and colors. The mantle merles on the other hand will have silver or grey spots all over. The brindle great dane is definitely a blurred mismatched coat of a beautiful dog.

Blue merles have a light grey base coat. The harlequin merle great dane.