Who doesn’t love the speckled other wise known as merle French Bulldogs? They really are a beautiful canvas with unique splattering of a variety of colors.
Ok. Here’s the genetics on how you get a merle Frenchie. Merle is a dominant gene. That means your merle Frenchie must inherit one copy of the merle one on the M-locus to express the merle patterning. Now, there are lots of colors of merles which makes this really fun. We will discuss a few different potential options.
Fawn Merle French Bulldog
For the beautiful fawn merle, your Frenchie must inherit at least one copy of the fawn gene, Ay, on the A locus + one copy of the merle gene on the M-locus.
Fitz is a one of our babies out of our sire Tattoo!
![Fawn Male Merle French Bulldog Fitz](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6302.jpeg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6292.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Fawn Male Merle French Bulldog Fitz](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6768.jpeg?ssl=1)
Blue Merle French Bulldog
This means they must inherit two copies of the solid black gene on the A-locus + two copies of the dilute gene on the D-locus plus one merle gene on the M-locus. We have not had a blue merle Frenchie baby yet but when we do we will be sure to post a picture here!
Blue Fawn French Bulldog
The blue fawn color is expressed when your frenchie has inherited one or more copies of the fawn gene, Ay, on the A locus + two copies of the dilute gene on the D-locus to give the blue color + one or two copies of the merle gene on the M-locus.
![Female Blue Fawn Merle French Bulldog: Yuki](https://i1.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_2225.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Female Blue Fawn Merle French Bulldog: Yuki](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_2228.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Female Blue Fawn Merle French Bulldog: Yuki](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1730.jpeg?ssl=1)
Lilac Merle French Bulldog
To get the beautiful lilac merle color you must inherit two copies of the black gene on the a locus + two copies of the dilute gene on the D-locus + two copies of the chocolate gene on the B-locus + one copy of the merle gene.
![Lilac Merle French Bulldog Female: Gina](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7549.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Lilac Merle French Bulldog Female: Gina](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7541.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Lilac Merle French Bulldog Female: Gina](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7527.jpeg?ssl=1)
Lilac Fawn Merle French Bulldog
For the lilac Fawn Merle color your frenchie must inherit one copy of the fawn gene on the A-locus + 2 copies of the blue gene on the D-locus + two copies of the chocolate gene on the B-locus + one copy of the merle gene on the M-locus.
![Lilac Merle Male French Bulldog: Gavin](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7141-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Lilac Merle Male French Bulldog: Gavin](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7166.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Lilac Merle Male French Bulldog: Gavin](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7155.jpeg?ssl=1)
Merle with Tan Points French Bulldog
In order for your Frenchie to have tan points he must inherit at least one copy of the tricolor gene At on the A-locus.
Our sire Tattoo is a lilac merle with tan points out of Lord Sugar.
![Merle French Bulldog Male: Tattoo](https://thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_2200-2-473x1024.jpeg)
Previous Merle French Bulldog Puppies!
Gus Lilac Merle Male
![Blue Merle French Bulldog: Gus](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6835.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Blue Merle French Bulldog: Gus](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6817-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Blue Merle French Bulldog: Gus](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6812.jpeg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Copy-of-The-French-Bulldog-Boutque-5.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1)
Fievel Fawn Merle
![Male Fawn Merle French Bulldog: Fievel](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6349.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Male Fawn Merle French Bulldog: Fievel](https://i0.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6340.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Male Fawn Merle French Bulldog: Fievel](https://i1.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_6336.jpeg?ssl=1)
Zadie is one of the girls we have kept!
![Lilac Merle French Bulldog Female: Zadie](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5705-1-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Lilac Merle French Bulldog Female: Zadie](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5709.jpeg?ssl=1)
![Lilac Merle French Bulldog Female: Zadie](https://i2.wp.com/thefrenchbulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5708.jpeg?ssl=1)