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.

Akc acceptable french bulldog colors. The french bulldog resembles a bulldog in miniature except for the large erect bat ears that are the breed s trademark feature. Despite the large number of frenchie colors the akc standard for french bulldogs only accepts 9 colors patterns. Fawn from light fawn to red fawn. The head is large and square with heavy wrinkles rolled.

Anything else besides the following colors are grounds for disqualification. The numbers in the right column are the official akc registration codes for the coat color. Coats other than short and smooth. Seeking and buying dogs with disqualifying coat colors only hurts the breed even if you have no intentions of breeding an off color frenchie.

Some people mistake fawn for french bulldog colors tan brown beige or crème. The fawn color has a wide range from dark to light. The french bulldog breed was first time recognized by the akc in 1898 and 1911 was the year when the color requirements were established. Founded in 1884.

It lists is acceptable colors all brindle fawn white brindle and white and any other color except those which constitute disqualification. Acceptable colors all brindle fawn white brindle and white and any color except those which constitute disqualification. All coat colors other. The akc also approved only the bat shaped ears and that rule is still legal.

All colors are acceptable with the exception of solid black. The standard and alternate colors are classified for show purposes. A real fawn color has a slight red cast to it. Here is the list of colors that are approved by the akc for showing purposes.

The breed standard for the french bulldog has included the same color requirements since the 1911 standard was approved by the akc. Nose other than black except in the case of cream or fawn colored dogs without black masks where a lighter colored nose is acceptable. Demand drives the market and if there is no demand for blue chocolate black tan or other unacceptably. Please refer to the breed standard for additional details.