Grizzle is a color pattern that appears as mixed hair on the dog with no discernible pattern. The color appears blended together, making it look like just one color until you examine it closely. Grizzle coloring may mix black hair with some tan or brown hairs, or white with black, making it appear grey.
What is a grizzle coat?
Grizzle coat color, also known as domino, is a coat pattern which is a mix of eumelanin and pheomelanin. This phenotype is caused by Eg gene on E locus, also called Extension. Whether it is called domino or grizzle depends on dog breed in which it occurs.
What color is grizzle and tan?
Puppies are either black & tan (the body coat is black with tan legs) or grizzle and tan (dark body coat and lighter coloured legs). Black & tan puppies will end up being blue & tan as adults, as they grow, white, silvery grey hairs develop in the black coat, giving it a bluish colour.
What is the difference between Merle and ticking?
It is genetically a merle, with its grey areas diluted to white. If you look carefully you can just about see a spot of actual white on its chest. This actual white is clear of ticking. Dogs with ticking or roan are generally born white.
What is a harsh dog coat?
Wire coated (also called broken coated) dogs have fur with a wire-like texture. It is harsh and stiff and stands away from the body, especially on the tail, the back of the legs, and on the face.
