Blue Grey Merle Great Dane

Nose and skin pigmentation looks bluish black.

Blue grey merle great dane.

Sometimes nose of a blue merle great dane can also bear blue color. See our great dane colors main page for a link to our blue merle great dane page. Grey great danes are just another shade of blue. Even though they are beautiful blue merle and other merle patterned danes should not be bred.

Gorgeous blue great dane puppies are highly prized. So if you decide to buy a merle great dane check out the genetics of his parents with the breeder first. Blue merles are slate dark blue or brownish blue with black spots. The great dane is a well known easygoing giant breed that many around the world adore but a variation of the breed that is particularly eye catching is the merle great dane.

Puppies with two merle genes one from each parent can potentially cause health problems. Fawn brindle black harlequin mantle blue and merle are the seven standard colors recognized by the great dane club of america. The merle coat color pattern is a pale to dark grey base broken up with black patches. Patterns may also include brindle and merle.

Generally blue merle great dane dogs hold light grey slate dark blue or brownish blue coat color. With blue or black color spotting on the coat all over. Find blue and merle great dane puppiess from a breeder near you. Rather than black the coloring is silver light to dark grey with blotching or spots and speckles.

The great dane illustrated breed standard is a great resource for identifying which merle color pattern most closely matches your great dane pup. However you can still register your merle great dane as pure breed with the american kennel club. Merle patterned great danes can be very healthy dogs but breeding two merle dogs together can be risky. Merle great danes are beautiful animals.

This is the rarest of the great dane colors and the most susceptible to genetic defects. These colors are considered show acceptable. There can be variations in the color and spots. This unusual color varies from deep steel blue through slate charcoal and paler grey.

It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. White danes are common in merle to merle mating and are almost completely white. The merle coloration was only recognized by the american kennel club in 2018 and is the last on our list of great dane colors. Blue merle great dane breeding.

Additionally a tinge of blue or black color might be seen all over the blue merle great dane s skin. Merle great dane the merle color has more variation than other coats as fawn blue or gray can be mixed in. A few markings are possible.