Club Bulldog Francés de Chile

21/08/2025

Respeta el standar racial

21/08/2025

17/08/2025

17/08/2025

FCI position on "exotic colors" and standard colors in the French Bulldog breed 🧐🧐🧐

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“Here is the response from a distinguished member of the FCI Standards Commission to your question:
The French Bulldog standard was recently updated and I participated in its implementation, in close collaboration with Elyse Waget, the president of the Breed Club. The problem of coats other than fawn (brindle or not, variegated or not which are those currently recognized) has arisen, in particular in connection with the appearance in many countries of black, brown (liver or chocolate), merle, cream or blue for example. The Club, questioned on these last points, stuck to the history of the breed which has never accepted these colors and which does not wish to go in this direction. It is understood that animals with a strong brindle coat may have an almost black appearance, but this is not the black coat (genetically, the first is As ebr (fawn brindle) and the second is As E + (black). ). The basic coat of the breed is therefore the fawn, that is to say the phaeomelanic pigment. The standard states that fawn can vary from light fawn to dark fawn. A diluted tawny coat (D allele in its dd form) gives a lighter appearance that tends towards cream. However, this term is not officially retained in the FCI nomenclature in force for dogs. The diluted fawn is said to be sable, but the French Bulldog is most clearly "light fawn" and not "sand" (therefore not cream). In order to get around this problem, we find expressions of the "fawn sable" style almost everywhere, which of course does not mean anything in terms of nomenclature. That the shade between a light fawn and a sand is difficult to do, I agree, since it is, in both cases, the same pigment (pheomelanic), but in more or less pronounced dilutions. In any case, the light fawn is allowed, not the sable (therefore not the cream), this term should not therefore be used in a pedigree for this breed. If I summarize, in the case of the French Bulldog, there are two objections in principle to the non-use of this cream term:
- one refers to the official FCI nomenclature (the term cream is not officially retained in dogs - even if everyone understands it and many breeders use it - not in this case why edit nomenclatures if no one follows them),
- the other, and this seems more fundamental to me, is that the standard indicates light fawn and not diluted fawn, therefore not sand (but the color sand is the one implied by the term cream),
Finally, there would be the third opposition, which is that the Breed Club does not wish to go towards these so-called "exotic" colors which, moreover, are, for some, sometimes recognized, but beyond the FCI!
For all other questions, please contact your OCN.”
Cordially
FCI

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25/07/2025

Disqualifying Colors: POR QUE NO COMPRAR NI CRIAR COLORES EXOTICOS-

LEE EL STANDAR RACIAL: No se deje engañar por criadores que no son eticos que piensan que estos colores son raros y más caros. Estos colores son defectos de la standar racial del Bulldog frances o porque se han hecho cruzas con otras razas y NO SON DE RAZA PURA Y NO DEBEN SER criados.
Las razones son las siguientes:

Even some good breeders seem to be getting the colors wrong. It is important that all breeders recognize the proper colors and resist the urge to breed for or celebrate an off color. Novelty isnt the most important thing in a breeding program, health and welfare of the breed are.
To understand why breeding for disqualifying colors is not done or maybe even unethical, one must first understand why the Original Breed Standard decided some colors were not allowed.
Blue and Mouse have been genetically link to corresponding health problems. Allergies, skin conditions, deafness, blindness and others have all been shown to appear with alarming commonness in some of these colors, no matter the breed.
The disqualifying colored dogs also carry with them several other disqualify faults in almost all cases, no matter what color or color combinations. Examples of this include light eyes, lack of proper color pigment and over sized dogs.
If a person is breeding for the betterment of the breed, as any breeder should be, then ignoring obvious disqualifying faults would be using a double standard.
Using a faulted dog in a breeding program with other quality standard dogs is nonsensical.
Some may state that faulted dogs will get better in time, which could be true, but not until they have polluted in great numbers the breeds gene pool and weakened the health and reputation of the entire breed.
Some also state that they are trying to reintroduced these colors in hopes of getting them recognized.
There is no official, serious work towards this except for breeding more of them! Sadly, the motivation behind breeding these disqualifying colors seems to be to sell them at inflated prices to the novices, unlucky or unwise enough to know any better.
We need to trust in the decisions and the work the founders of this breed did and their reasons for not accepting those colors.
French Bulldogs were surely started with a combination of several breeds, some of which will never be known for sure.
The black and tan terrier of the times is thought to be one of them. Its possible that the dogs with those markings carried a more aggressive temperament or were more Terrier in appearance.
The blues could have come from either the Italian Grey Hound, thought to be a contributor in our breeds beginnings, or a Mastiff. Maybe those with the small greyhound lineage had poor bone and body mass and the Mastiffs influenced ones were too large or had aggressive tendencies and skin problems.
Who are we to now know better than the founders and start a mess that can never be taken back?
Once these Fad colors with their accompanying faults are intermixed into healthy, breed standard correct bloodlines it will be too late to ever go back.
Over all there are NO legitimate reasons to add or accept these colors into the breed standard, just a very few who want to breed them strictly for profit.
The market for these colors will soon be gone, leaving the breed possibility forever damaged.
The following pictures show many disqualifying colors according to the French Bulldog Club of America and AKC Breed Standard, our breeds Standard of Excellence. None of these colors are allowed.
Youll see a description of the color along with possible effects it could have.
Solid Black
No brindle or lighter colored hairs, shiny like a Pug or Lab. This could become the dominate color in the breed to the exclusion of many others.
Solid Blue
This is a self pigmented dog, meaning that the skin, lips, eye rims, and pads are all that color. If they dont have that then they are NOT a Blue.
A solid dog will not have any brindle here either. If this is a dilute of black as many claim then it can cause all sorts of trouble.
Blue is Mouse and is not allowed. Its linked to the deaf gene and early blindness. This color also carries dermatological skin diseases and
there are dysfunctions in many other breeds where this color exists, such as Dobermans and Neapolitan Mastiffs.
Blue Fawn

Black Masked Blue Fawn
This is a muddy color that comes in several shades with a black mask. It may make it impossible in time to get the wonderful clean clear, blonde fawns we now enjoy.
Blue is not fawn and this is not an acceptable color and so should never be bred for. It can have the same problems as blues.

Blue With White Markings
As clearly stated in the name, just because your blue puppy can see and hear now doesnt mean it wont lose its vision or hearing as it gets older,
even an unaffected dog can pass this to its offspring.
Blue Pied
Just at it states, a white dog with blue spots. Again it is a blue and also a white so can carry both possible problem genes. Why introduce that into any breeding program?
This can carry any problem that an all white dog might carry or add to this mix, such as deafness and blindness and lack of pigment.

Chocolate- Liver
This is a self pigmented dog, meaning that the skin and lips eye rims, pads etc are all that color. If they dont have that then they are NOT a Chocolate or Liver.
Many are passing off brindle dogs as the rare chocolates. Early blindness and juvenile cataracts genes, again also skin problems reported in other breeds where this color exists

Black and Tan
Just as this name implies its a dog with those markings, in several color combinations, like those common to a Doberman Pincher.
TOO Dominate a color/pattern, in all breeds this color shows up usually to the exclusion of all others or in combination with other colors as it is impossible to get rid of once introduced.

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