Chien color
Gris blaireau
Dog color: a grizzled gray of white, gray, fawn and black-tipped hairs, like a badger's coat; the French hounds' 'poil de blaireau'. The badger gray patches the FCI most appreciates on the Pyrenean Mountain Dog, the Beagle's badger pied, and the Artois and Artesian Norman hounds' coats 'similar to the coat of the hare or the badger' (FCI 137, 161, 28, 34). Compare hare, the fawner form, gray and salt and pepper; not the rat's badger marking.
3 Chien breeds list Gris blaireau. It is in a club standard for 3 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Gris blaireau
| Breed | FCI |
|---|---|
| Basset artésien normand | Standard (“black hair with grizzle (realising thus the former characteristic of hare pied or badger-pied)”) |
| Beagle | Standard (“badger pied”) |
| Montagne des Pyrénées | Standard (“The most appreciated are badger grey patches”) |