United Pet Club

Chien color

Bleu

In coats and feathers the fanciers' blue: a dilution of black that looks slate gray, as in blue dogs, Russian Blue cats, blue rabbits and blue pigeons. In eyes and eggshells a true blue.

268 Chien breeds list Bleu. It is in a club standard for 139 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 124 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Bleu

BreedUKCAKCKUSAFCIKC
American English CoonhoundStandard (“bluetick”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue and white ticked”)No rulingNo ruling
American Leopard HoundStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American Leopard HoundYeuxStandard (“Leopard spotted dogs may have one or both blue eyes or wall eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American Pit Bull TerrierStandard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American Staffordshire TerrierNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”)Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”)No ruling
AzawakhStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Éliminatoire (“diluted colours such as blue, lilac”)Éliminatoire (“diluted colours such as : blue, lilac”)Non reconnu
BarzoïStandard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Éliminatoire (“blue”)Éliminatoire (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)
BeagleStandard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue Tan & White”)Standard (“blue, white and tan”)Standard (“blue, white and tan”)Standard (“blue, white and tan”)
BeauceronYeuxStandard (“wall eyes are acceptable in the harlequin color”)Standard (“for the Harlequin, walleye is acceptable”)Standard (“for the harlequin variety, wall eyes are admitted”)Standard (“for the harlequin variety, wall eyes are admitted”)Standard (“for the Harlequin variety, wall eyes can occur”)
Bedlington TerrierStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blue”)
Berger américain miniatureStandard (“blue merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)
Berger américain miniatureYeuxStandard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Berger australienStandard (“blue merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)
Berger australienYeuxStandard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Berger d'AnatolieStandard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue Fawn”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“All colours”)
Berger des PyrénéesNo rulingStandard (“Blue Merle”)Standard (“blue with black mottling (harlequin or slate blue)”)Standard (“blue with black mottling (harlequin or slate blue)”)Standard (“blue merle”)
Berger des PyrénéesÀ face raseNo rulingStandard (“Blue Merle”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“blue merle”)
Berger des PyrénéesYeuxNo rulingStandard (“partially or completely blue eyes are acceptable only in merles”)Standard (“wall eyes are accepted in dogs having blue with black mottling”)Standard (“wall eyes are accepted in dogs having blue with black mottling”)Standard (“one or both may be blue or flecked blue in merle coloured dogs”)
Berger des ShetlandStandard (“blue merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle & White”)Standard (“Blue Merle: clear silvery blue”)Standard (“Blue Merle: clear silvery blue”)Standard (“Blue Merle: clear silvery blue”)
Berger des ShetlandYeuxStandard (“blue merles, sable merles, and predominately whites with merle coloration on the head may have one or both eyes blue”)Standard (“blue or merle eyes permissible in blue merles only”)Standard (“merles, where one or both may be blue or blue-flecked”)Standard (“merles, where one or both may be blue or blue flecked”)Standard (“merles, where one or both may be blue or blue flecked”)
Bichon havanaisStandard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)Standard (“Blue”)Non reconnuNon reconnuStandard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)
Biewer TerrierStandard (“black or blue and white”)Standard (“Blue Tan & White”)Standard (“blue/black”)No rulingNo ruling
Bluetick CoonhoundStandard (“a dark blue, thickly mottled body”)Standard (“Blue Ticked”)Standard (“a dark blue, thickly mottled body”)No rulingNo ruling
BobtailStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue & White”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
BobtailYeuxStandard (“wall eyes ... two blue eyes are acceptable”)Standard (“if blue, a pearl, china or wall-eye is considered typical”)Standard (“wall eyes. Two blue eyes acceptable”)Standard (“wall eyes. Two blue eyes acceptable”)Standard (“wall eyes. Two blue eyes acceptable”)
Bolonka tsvetnaya russeNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Border CollieStandard (“blue merle”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)Standard (“Blue & White”)
Border CollieYeuxStandard (“except in merles where one, or both, or a part of one, may be blue”)Standard (“blue eyes in dogs other than merle are not preferred”)Standard (“except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue”)Standard (“except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue”)Standard (“except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue”)
Border TerrierStandard (“blue and tan”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Standard (“blue and tan”)Standard (“blue and tan”)Standard (“blue and tan”)
Bouvier australienStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Bouvier australien courte queueStandard (“blue speckle or blue mottled”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingStandard (“The dog should be blue or blue mottled”)No ruling
Braque de WeimarYeuxStandard (“blue-gray”)Standard (“blue-gray”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“blue-grey”)
Braque slovaque à poil durYeuxNo rulingStandard (“In the puppies and the young dogs, they are bluish (azure)”)Standard (“In puppies and young dogs, they are bluish (azure)”)Standard (“In the puppies and the young dogs, they are bluish (azure)”)Standard (“In young dogs the eyes may be blue”)
BriardStandard (“all uniform colors, except white, are permitted”)Standard (“all uniform colors are permitted except white”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Non reconnu
BriardTruffeÉliminatoireÉliminatoireStandard (“blue dogs, which have either a blue or bluish nose”)Standard (“blue dogs which have either a blue or bluish nose”)No ruling
Bull TerrierDéfaut (“Blue or liver color”)Standard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)
Bull TerrierColoréDéfaut (“Blue or liver color”)Standard (“Any color other than white”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)
Caniche (grand)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All solid colours”)Standard (“Blue/grey and white”)Standard (“Blue”)
Caniche (nain)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All solid colours”)Standard (“Blue/grey and white”)Standard (“Blue”)
Caniche (Toy)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blacks, silvers and blues”)Standard (“Blue/grey and white”)Standard (“Blacks, silvers and blues”)
Catahoula Leopard DogStandard (“an endless variety of coat colors”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Catahoula Leopard DogYeuxStandard (“Eyes may be any color or combination of colors without preference”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Chien chinois à crêteStandard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“Blue”)
Chien finnois de LaponieStandard (“all colors are allowed”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“all colours are permitted”)Standard (“all colours are permitted”)Standard (“all colours allowed”)
Chien nu du PérouNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)No ruling
Chien thaïlandais à crête dorsaleStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)No ruling
Chien thaïlandais à crête dorsaleTruffeStandard (“In bluish dogs, the nose is bluish”)Standard (“In blue dogs, the nose is bluish”)Standard (“In blue dogs, the nose is bluish”)Standard (“In blue dogs, the nose is bluish”)No ruling
ChihuahuaStandard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)Standard (“Blue”)
ChihuahuaTruffeNo rulingStandard (“In moles, blues, and chocolates, they are self-colored”)No rulingStandard (“Any colour permitted”)No ruling
Chow-ChowStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Chow-ChowTruffeStandard (“In blues and fawns, self-colored nose is permissible”)Standard (“Blue chows may have a solid blue or slate nose”)Standard (“in blues and fawns, a self-coloured nose”)Standard (“in blues and fawns a self-coloured nose”)Standard (“in blues and fawns a self-coloured nose”)
Cocker américainStandard (“Any of the usual roaning patterns are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue Roan”)Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns”)Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns”)Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours and may be of any usual roaning patterns”)
Cocker américainMulticoloreStandard (“Any of the usual roaning patterns are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue Roan”)Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns”)Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns”)Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours and may be of any usual roaning patterns”)
Cocker anglaisStandard (“The white appears in combination with the black, liver or shades of red (roaned)”)Standard (“Blue Roan”)Standard (“Blue roan”)Standard (“Blue roan”)Standard (“Blue roan”)
ColleyStandard (“blue merle: mottled or marbled blue-grey and black”)Standard (“Blue Merle”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ColleyYeuxStandard (“the Blue Merle, which may have blue, or blue flecked, eyes (one or both)”)Standard (“either or both eyes may be merle or china in color without specific penalty”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Colley à poil courtStandard (“blue merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”)Standard (“Blue Merle: Predominantly clear, silvery blue”)Standard (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”)
Colley à poil courtYeuxStandard (“the Blue Merle, which may have blue, or blue flecked, eyes (one or both)”)Standard (“either or both eyes may be merle or china in color without specific penalty”)Standard (“Blue Merles, when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”)Standard (“Blue Merles, when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”)Standard (“blue merles when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”)
Colley à poil longStandard (“blue merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle”)Standard (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”)Standard (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”)Standard (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”)
Colley à poil longYeuxStandard (“the Blue Merle, which may have blue, or blue flecked, eyes (one or both)”)Standard (“either or both eyes may be merle or china in color without specific penalty”)Standard (“blue merles when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”)Standard (“blue merles when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”)Standard (“blue merles when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”)
Colley barbuStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
DalmatienYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Standard (“Eye color is brown or blue, or any combination thereof”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“blue eyes”)No ruling
DobermanStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue & Rust”)Non reconnuNon reconnuStandard (“blue”)
Dogue allemandStandard (“Blue: Pure steel blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blue: Pure steel blue”)Standard (“Blue: Pure steel blue”)Standard (“Blues: colour varies from light grey to deep slate”)
Dogue allemandYeuxStandard (“In Harlequins and Merles ... blue eye(s) ... are permitted”)Standard (“In Harlequins and Merles ... blue eye(s) ... are permitted”)Standard (“In harlequins ... pale (ice blue) eyes ... are to be tolerated”)Standard (“In harlequins ... pale (ice blue) eyes ... are to be tolerated”)Standard (“Blues: ... the nose and eyes may be blue; in harlequins, wall eyes”)
Dogue allemandTruffeStandard (“blue Danes where the nose is a dark blue-black”)Standard (“in the blue Dane, where it is a dark blue-black”)Standard (“In blue dogs the colour of the nose is anthracite (diluted black)”)Standard (“In blue dogs the colour of the nose is anthracite (diluted black)”)Standard (“Blues: ... the nose and eyes may be blue”)
Dogue du TibetStandard (“slate gray”)Standard (“Blue Gray”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“slate grey”)
Épagneul bretonStandard (“black and white, in clear or roan patterns”)Éliminatoire (“Blue Roan”)Standard (“Piebald or roan”)Standard (“Piobald or roan”)Standard (“Black & White Roan”)
Field SpanielStandard (“roan”)Standard (“Blue Roan”)Standard (“Blue roan”)Standard (“Blue roan”)Standard (“blue roan”)
Fox Terrier à poil lisseDéfaut (“slaty blue”)Standard (“Otherwise this point is of little or no importance”)Non reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu
Foxhound américainStandard (“Any color is acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingStandard (“Any colour”)No ruling
Foxhound anglaisStandard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”)No rulingStandard (“Any recognised Hound colour”)Standard (“Any recognized hound colour”)Standard (“Blue White & Tan”)
Glen of Imaal TerrierStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue Brindle”)Standard (“Blue brindle, but not toning to black”)Standard (“Blue brindle but not toning to black”)Standard (“Blue”)
GreyhoundStandard (“Immaterial”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Husky de SibérieYeuxStandard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“any shade of blue”)
Kelpie australienStandard (“blue (gray) ranging from dark to light”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“smoke blue”)Standard (“smoke blue”)No ruling
Kerry Blue TerrierStandard (“Any shade of blue is permissible”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Any shade of blue”)Standard (“Blue of any shade”)Standard (“Any shade of blue”)
Laïka de IakoutieYeuxNo rulingStandard (“Any color is permissible including ... blue”)No rulingStandard (“or blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Lakeland TerrierStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Lévrier afghanStandard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All colours”)Standard (“All colours acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)
Lévrier écossaisStandard (“Dark blue-grey”)Standard (“Blue Gray”)Standard (“Dark blue-grey”)Standard (“Dark blue-grey”)Standard (“Dark blue-grey”)
Lévrier écossaisTruffeNo rulingStandard (“(in some blue fawns-blue)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Lévrier irlandaisStandard (“any other color that is found in the Deerhound”)Standard (“Blue”)Non reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu
Lévrier italienStandard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“grey”)Standard (“blue”)
Lévrier italienTruffeStandard (“may be brown or blue in harmony with the color of the coat”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Lhassa ApsoStandard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Non reconnuNon reconnuStandard (“any colour permissible”)
Malamute de l'AlaskaNo rulingStandard (“Blue & White”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Blue & White”)
Mâtin napolitainNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“blue”)
Mountain CurStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
MudiStandard (“Ash”)Standard (“Gray”)Standard (“Ash (blue)”)Standard (“Ash (blue)”)Standard (“blue”)
MudiYeuxStandard (“Merles may also have blue”)Standard (“Merle – Brown, blue or partially blue eyes”)Standard (“For merle colours partially or solid, blue eye colour is not a fault”)Standard (“For merle colours partially or solid, blue eye colour is not a fault”)Standard (“In merle colours, partially or solid blue eye colour (in either or both eyes) permissible”)
MudiTruffeStandard (“Ash dogs will have ash pigmentation”)Standard (“Gray dogs – Gray nose”)Standard (“Ash (blue-grey) and its merle varieties nose colour is blue”)Standard (“Ash (blue-grey) and its merle varieties nose colour is blue”)Standard (“blue and blue merle where nose colour blue”)
OtterhoundStandard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“Blue & Cream”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Petit chien lionStandard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)
Petit chien russeStandard (“blue and tan”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Standard (“blue and tan”)Standard (“blue and tan”)Standard (“blue and tan”)
Pinscher allemandStandard (“Blue with reddish/tan markings”)Standard (“Blue”)Non reconnuNon reconnuStandard (“Blue & Tan”)
Pinscher nainStandard (“Blue with rust-red markings”)Éliminatoire (“Blue & Rust”)Standard (“blue, with sharply defined tan markings”)Non reconnuStandard (“Blue & Tan”)
Pinscher nainTruffeStandard (“blue ... dogs, which have self-colored noses”)No rulingStandard (“blue, in which it may be self-coloured”)No rulingStandard (“blue in which it may be self-coloured”)
Plott HoundStandard (“Any shade of brindle”)Standard (“Blue Brindle”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Rastreador brésilienNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“giving a slate blue colouring effect”)No ruling
Rat TerrierStandard (“blue and blue fawn”)Standard (“White & Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Rat TerrierYeuxStandard (“Blue or amber eyes are permitted in blue-colored dogs only”)Éliminatoire (“Any blue in the eye(s) is a disqualification”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Rat TerrierTruffeStandard (“blue and blue fawn (with self-colored nose)”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Sealyham TerrierStandard (“blue”)Non reconnuStandard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
Setter anglaisStandard (“blue belton”)Standard (“Blue Belton”)Standard (“blue belton”)Standard (“blue belton”)Standard (“blue belton”)
Shar PeïStandard (“any solid color”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”)Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)
Shih TzuStandard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All colours permissible”)Standard (“All colours permissible”)Alternative (“Blue”)
Shih TzuTruffeStandard (“on blue-pigmented dogs, when it is blue”)Standard (“blue on blue pigmented dogs”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Silky Terrier australienStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Standard (“All shades of blue”)Standard (“All shades of blue”)Standard (“All shades of blue”)
Skye TerrierStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Non reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu
Sloughi orientalStandard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”)Non reconnuNon reconnu (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”)Non reconnu (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”)
Spitz allemandStandard (“all colors”)Non reconnuÉliminatoireÉliminatoireStandard (“Blue”)
Spitz allemandGrandStandard (“all colors”)Non reconnuNo rulingÉliminatoireNo ruling
Spitz nainStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue as pale as possible”)ÉliminatoireStandard (“blue as pale as possible”)
Spitz nainTruffeStandard (“except in brown, blue and beaver colored dogs, when it may be self colored”)Standard (“self-colored in chocolate, beaver and blue”)Standard (“in other colours may be self-coloured”)No rulingStandard (“in other colours may be self-coloured”)
Springer anglaisStandard (“blue or liver roan”)Standard (“Blue or liver roan”)Non reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu
Staffordshire Bull TerrierStandard (“blue”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)Standard (“blue”)
TeckelStandard (“gray”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Non reconnu (“blue”)ÉliminatoireNon reconnu (“Blue & Tan”)
TeckelLisseStandard (“gray”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Non reconnu (“blue”)ÉliminatoireNon reconnu (“Blue & Tan”)
TeckelPoil durStandard (“gray”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Non reconnu (“blue”)ÉliminatoireNon reconnu (“Blue & Tan”)
TeckelÀ poil longStandard (“gray”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Non reconnu (“blue”)ÉliminatoireNon reconnu (“Blue & Tan”)
TeckelYeuxDéfaut (“glass eyes”)Standard (“partial or wholly blue (wall) eyes are as acceptable as dark eyes (dapples)”)Standard (“in dapples one or both 'wall' eyes permissible”)Défaut (“wall-, fish- or pearl eyes in dapple dogs are not desired but shall be tolerated”)Standard (“in dapples one or both 'wall' eyes permissible”)
Teddy Roosevelt TerrierStandard (“any variety of colors”)Standard (“Blue & White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier australienStandard (“dark blue, steel blue, dark gray blue or silver blue”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Standard (“Blue, steel blue, or dark grey-blue”)Standard (“Blue, steel blue or dark grey blue”)Standard (“Blue, steel blue or dark grey blue”)
Terrier nu américainStandard (“blue and blue fawn (Coated Variety)”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier nu américainPeau et écaillesStandard (“Any skin color is acceptable (Hairless Variety)”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier nu américainSans poil · Peau et écaillesStandard (“Any skin color is acceptable (Hairless Variety)”)Standard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier nu américainYeuxStandard (“Blue or amber eyes are permitted in blue-colored dogs only”)Standard (“Blue eyes are acceptable in blue or blue fawn dogs only”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier nu américainTruffeStandard (“blue and blue fawn (with self-colored nose)”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier tchèqueStandard (“blue gray”)Standard (“Gray”)Standard (“grey-blue”)Standard (“grey-blue”)Standard (“Grey-blue”)
TosaYeuxStandard (“A bluish eye color in a Tosa under the age of 12 months is acceptable”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Welsh Corgi CardiganStandard (“blue merle (black and gray marbled)”)Standard (“Blue Merle & White”)Standard (“blue merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)Standard (“blue merle”)
Welsh Corgi CardiganYeuxStandard (“blue eyes ... are permissible only in blue merles”)Standard (“blue eyes ... permissible in blue merles”)Standard (“one or both eyes pale blue, blue or blue-flecked, permissible only in blue merles”)Standard (“one or both eyes pale blue, blue or blue flecked permissible only in blue merles”)Standard (“one or both eyes pale blue, blue or blue flecked, permissible only in blue merles”)
WhippetStandard (“Color is inconsequential”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)Standard (“Blue”)
WhippetTruffeNo rulingStandard (“dark blue”)Standard (“Nose black or blue depending on coat colour”)Standard (“in blues a bluish colour permitted”)Standard (“Nose black or blue depending on coat colour”)
Working KelpieNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
XoloitzcuintleStandard (“Any color combination is allowed”)No rulingÉliminatoireÉliminatoireStandard (“Blue”)
XoloitzcuintleÀ poilStandard (“Any color combination is allowed”)No rulingÉliminatoireÉliminatoireStandard (“Blue”)
Yorkshire TerrierStandard (“a dark steel blue”)Standard (“Blue & Tan”)Standard (“Dark steel blue (not silver blue)”)Standard (“Dark steel blue (not silver blue)”)Standard (“Dark steel blue (not silver blue)”)
BasenjiDéfautAlternative (“Blue Cream & White”)Non reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu
Basset HoundNo rulingAlternative (“Blue & White”)Non reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu
Bouvier des FlandresNo rulingAlternative (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNon reconnu
Griffon bruxelloisÉliminatoireAlternative (“Blue”)Non reconnuÉliminatoire (“blue and tan”)Non reconnu
Griffon bruxelloisPoil durÉliminatoireAlternative (“Blue”)Non reconnuÉliminatoire (“blue and tan”)Non reconnu
Griffon bruxelloisLisseÉliminatoireAlternative (“Blue”)Non reconnuÉliminatoire (“blue and tan”)Non reconnu

Breeds where Bleu is a fault

BreedUKCAKCKUSAFCIKC
American Pit Bull TerrierYeuxDéfaut (“blue, which is a serious fault”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Berger allemandÉliminatoire (“blue”)Défaut (“Blue”)Non reconnuNon reconnuDéfaut (“blues ... highly undesirable”)
Bichon friséYeuxDéfautDéfautNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)No ruling
Bichon maltaisYeuxDéfaut (“Wall eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Bull TerrierYeuxDéfaut (“Blue or partially blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Défaut (“Blue or partly blue eye undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue or partly blue undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue or partly blue undesirable”)
Bull Terrier miniatureDéfaut (“Blue or liver color”)ÉliminatoireDéfaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”)
Bull Terrier miniatureYeuxDéfaut (“Blue or partially blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Défaut (“Blue or partly blue undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue or partly blue undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue or partly blue undesirable”)
Chien chinois à crêteYeuxDéfaut (“Blue or very light colored eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Chien d'eau portugaisYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“other than black or various tones of brown eye color”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes: Wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes: Wall eye”)No ruling
Chien de berger islandaisYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“blue ... eyes”)No rulingDéfaut (“blue eyes”)No ruling
Chien de montagne de l'EstrelaDéfaut (“Blue coloration is very undesirable”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNon reconnu
Chien de montagne de l'EstrelaYeuxDéfaut (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)No ruling
Chien finnois de LaponieYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“yellow or blue eyes are a serious fault”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ChihuahuaYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Épagneul tibétainYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Fox Terrier à poil durDéfaut (“slate blue”)Défaut (“slaty blue ... objectionable”)Défaut (“slate-blue marking undesirable”)Défaut (“slate-blue markings undesirable”)Défaut (“slate-blue marking highly undesirable”)
KooikerhondjeYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“Blue or yellow eye(s)”)Défaut (“Wall eye”)Défaut (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Malamute de l'AlaskaYeuxÉliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Défaut (“blue eyes highly undesirable”)
Mâtin napolitainYeuxNo rulingDéfaut (“Whitish-blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Shiba InuYeuxDéfaut (“blue-gray eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Vallhund suédoisDéfaut (“a "blue" coat ... is very undesirable”)Défaut (“Blue”)Éliminatoire (“blue coat colour”)Éliminatoire (“blue coat colour”)Non reconnu (“Blue”)
Welsh Corgi PembrokeDéfaut (“Bluies: any colored portion of the coat that has a distinct bluish or smoky cast”)Défaut (“Bluies - colored portions of the coat have a distinct bluish or smoky cast”)Non reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu
Welsh Corgi PembrokeYeuxDéfaut (“bluish-colored eyes”)Défaut (“bluish eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Bleu is disqualified or not accepted

BreedUKCAKCKUSAFCIKC
AkbashYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
AzawakhYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“never blue”)Éliminatoire (“never blue”)No ruling
BarzoïYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“of all shades of grey, green, blue”)Éliminatoire (“of all shades of grey, green, blue”)No ruling
Basset artésien normandÉliminatoire (“Too much black mottling in the white, giving it a bluish tint”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)Éliminatoire (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)No ruling
Berger anglaisÉliminatoire (“Blue merles”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Berger blanc suisseYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“One eye or both blue”)Éliminatoire (“One eye or both blue”)No ruling
Berger d'AnatolieYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Berger d'Asie centraleNo rulingÉliminatoire (“genetic blue”)Éliminatoire (“genetic blue”)Éliminatoire (“genetic blue”)No ruling
Berger d'Asie centraleYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“blue or green eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue or green eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue or green eyes”)No ruling
Berger de LaponieNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”)No ruling
Berger de PicardieYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“wall eye”)No ruling
Berger des CarpatesYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)No ruling
Berger du CaucaseNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Genetic blue colour in any variation or nuance”)Éliminatoire (“Genetic blue colour in any variation or nuance”)Éliminatoire (“Genetic blue colour in any variation or nuance”)No ruling
Berger du CaucaseYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes; deep blue”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eyes; deep blue”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eyes; deep blue”)No ruling
Berger du CaucaseTruffeNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Bluish-grey pigmented nose, lips and eye rims”)Éliminatoire (“Bluish-grey pigmented nose, lips and eye rims”)Éliminatoire (“Bluish-grey pigmented nose, lips and eye rims”)No ruling
Berger hollandaisYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“distinctly yellow or blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Berger polonais de plaineYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“blue ... eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Bichon bolonaisYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall-eyed”)Éliminatoire (“Wall-eyed”)No ruling
Biewer TerrierYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eye(s)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BoerboelÉliminatoire (“Dilute/powder and solid blue colored dogs”)Éliminatoire (“Blue colored (Powder Coat) dogs”)Non reconnuNo rulingNo ruling
BoerboelYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eye(s)”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo ruling
Bolonka tsvetnaya russeYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue or partially blue eye(s)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Boston TerrierÉliminatoire (“gray or liver colors”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“Grey or liver colours”)Éliminatoire (“Grey or liver colours”)Non reconnu (“Blue & White”)
Boston TerrierYeuxÉliminatoire (“Any trace of blue in eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes blue in color or any trace of blue”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes blue in colour or any trace of blue”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes blue in colour or any trace of blue”)No ruling
Bouledogue françaisÉliminatoire (“all dilutions of black”)Éliminatoire (“blue”)Éliminatoire (“all dilutions of black”)Éliminatoire (“all dilutions of black”)Non reconnu (“Blue”)
Bouledogue françaisYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“Blue or green eye(s)”)Éliminatoire (“Heterochrome eyes (wall eye)”)Éliminatoire (“Heterochrome eyes (wall eye)”)No ruling
Bouledogue françaisTruffeÉliminatoire (“never ... blue”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“never ... blue”)Éliminatoire (“never ... blue”)No ruling
Bouvier bernoisYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eye color”)Éliminatoire (“One or two blue eyes (wall eye)”)Éliminatoire (“One or two blue eyes (wall eye)”)No ruling
Bouvier de l'EntlebuchYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eyes, blue eyes”)No ruling
Braque allemand à poil courtYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“China or wall eyes are to be disqualified”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Braque de WeimarÉliminatoire (“distinctly blue-colored coat”)Éliminatoire (“Blue”)Éliminatoire (“blue colouring”)Éliminatoire (“blue colouring”)Non reconnu (“Blue”)
Braque italienYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye is a disqualification”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Braque portugaisYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
BriardYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“wall eye”)No ruling
Bulldog anglaisNo rulingÉliminatoireNon reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu (“Blue”)
Bulldog anglaisYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue, green, or parti-colored eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue or green eye(s)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Cane CorsoYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye (blue flecked)”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye (blue flecked)”)No ruling
Caniche (grand)YeuxÉliminatoire (“Any variation of blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Caniche (nain)YeuxÉliminatoire (“Any variation of blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Caniche (Toy)YeuxÉliminatoire (“Any variation of blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
CarlinNon reconnuÉliminatoireNon reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu (“Blue”)
Carolina DogÉliminatoire (“blue/grey”)Éliminatoire (“blue/grey ... coat color”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Carolina DogYeuxÉliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Chien courant de TransylvanieÉliminatoire (“blue base color”)Éliminatoire (“blue colour with markings”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“blue colour with markings”)No ruling
Chien d'élan norvégienYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Yellow or blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Yellow or blue eyes”)No ruling
Chien d'ours de CarélieYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No ruling
Chien de berger bergamasqueYeuxÉliminatoire (“wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“one (or two) full blue eye(s)”)Éliminatoire (“wall-eyed (mono or bilateral total de-pigmented iris)”)Éliminatoire (“wall-eyed (mono or bilateral total de-pigmented iris)”)No ruling
Chien de berger croateYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No ruling
Cirneco de l'EtnaYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Walleye, an eye with a whitish iris or a blue eye(s)”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Cocker américainYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Eye(s) blue, blue marbled, blue flecked”)Éliminatoire (“Eye(s) blue, blue-marbled, blue-flecked”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes: blue, blue marbled, blue flecked”)No ruling
Coton de TuléarYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“wall eyes”)No ruling
DalmatienÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNon reconnuÉliminatoire (“blue spots”)Non reconnu
Dogo argentinYeuxÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“Blue eye(s)”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes of different colour or blue”)Éliminatoire (“Eyes of different colour or blue”)No ruling
Dogue de BordeauxYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No ruling
Dogue des CanariesYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No ruling
DreverYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“One or both eyes blue”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“One or both eyes blue”)No ruling
Fila BrasileiroNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“blue”)Éliminatoire (“blue”)No ruling
Grand basset griffon vendéenYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Grand bouvier suisseÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“Blue White & Tan”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNon reconnu
Grand bouvier suisseYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eye or eyes”)Éliminatoire (“One or two blue eyes (Wall eye)”)Éliminatoire (“One or two blue eyes (Wall eye)”)No ruling
HamiltonstövareYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes, one or both”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes, one or both”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes, one or both”)No ruling
HovawartÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“blue-grey”)Éliminatoire (“blue-grey”)Éliminatoire (“blue-grey”)Non reconnu
HovawartYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“One blue eye / or two blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eye or wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“One blue eye / or two blue eyes”)No ruling
Jack Russell TerrierYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eye”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eye or eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Jagdterrier allemandYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“eyes of different colour, blue or spotted eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“eyes of different colour, blue or spotted eyes”)No ruling
KomondorYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
KromfohrländerYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No ruling
Lagotto RomagnoloYeuxÉliminatoire (“Wall eyes”)Non reconnuÉliminatoire (“Wall-eye”)Éliminatoire (“Wall-eye”)No ruling
LeonbergYeuxÉliminatoire (“wall eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Lévrier italienYeuxNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Mâtin des PyrénéesYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Olde English BulldoggeÉliminatoire (“Blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Olde English BulldoggeYeuxÉliminatoire (“wall eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Parson Russell TerrierYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eye”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Petit basset griffon vendéenYeuxNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Petit chien lionYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall”)Éliminatoire (“wall”)No ruling
PorcelaineYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
RottweilerNo rulingÉliminatoireÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNon reconnu
Saint-BernardYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
SamoyèdeYeuxÉliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“eyes blue”)Éliminatoire (“eyes blue”)No ruling
SchipperkeÉliminatoire (“Dilute colors such as grey, blue, or blue-cream”)Éliminatoire (“Blue”)Non reconnuÉliminatoireNon reconnu
Segugio italienYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
Spinone italienYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Walleye (an eye with a whitish iris; a blue eye, fisheye, pearl eye)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Spitz américainYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Spitz finlandaisYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“wall eye”)No ruling
Spitz nainYeuxNo rulingÉliminatoire (“eye(s) light blue”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Teddy Roosevelt TerrierYeuxÉliminatoire (“wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“wall eye”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Terrier noir russeÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“Blue”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNon reconnu
Terrier noir russeYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Wall eye”)Éliminatoire (“Wall eye”)No ruling
TornjakYeuxÉliminatoire (“wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“wall eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“wall eyes”)No ruling
Toy Fox TerrierÉliminatoire (“Maltese (Blue/Grey) or chocolate markings”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNo rulingNo ruling
Vallhund suédoisYeuxNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“blue eyes, one or both”)Éliminatoire (“blue eyes, one or both”)No ruling
WhippetYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue or wall eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eye(s)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
XoloitzcuintleYeuxÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes or flecks of blue in the eyes”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Éliminatoire (“Blue eyes”)Non reconnu (“Blue or wall eyes unacceptable”)
Chien de CanaanNo rulingNo rulingNon reconnuNon reconnuNon reconnu (“Blue Merle”)
Biewer Yorkshire Ă  la Pom-PonNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Biewer Yorkshire Ă  la Pom-PonYeuxNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Chien de berger galloisNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Hortaya borzayaYeuxNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Podenco andalouYeuxNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Color changes

How Bleu can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Bleuchanges toBrun foncĂ©

    Yeux · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

  • Bleuchanges toMarron

    Yeux · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

  • Bleuchanges toBrun clair

    Yeux · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

  • Bleuchanges toAmbre

    Yeux · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

  • Bleuchanges toNoisette

    Yeux · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

  • Bleuchanges toJaune

    Yeux · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

See all Chien colors, patterns and markings