GLOSSARY OF TERMS....working hard to finish this page!
Specific Terms Commonly used in reference to Rare Color Bulldogs
AGOUTI: Recessive Black. In Bulldogs, this would DNA as ayay, ayat, atat.
ALLELE: One of two or more alternative forms of a Gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a Chromosone. Example: Brown has 2 alleles, B and b. ***see Variant***
BARREL CHEST: a very round chest with the appearence of a barrel. A deep ribcage. A heavy chest.
BLACK AND TAN: Black and Tan with minimal white only on the chest. Body is solid black and tan with tan markings on the eyebrows, cheeks, front chest, legs, and under the tail.
BLACK BASE: A dog with full black at Agouti, ie atat, and a full or carrier at Dominant Black, ie KN or KK, when dominant black is expressed as Seal. The black base is needed in order to produce true, vivid colors, in lue of those colors in fawn or sable. In black base dogs, the genes that change color affect the coat and not just the nose, eyeliner, pad color. ***Seal base may be muted and not vivid.
BLACK BRINDLE: Black and fawn stripes with or without white markings in any design. Brindle dogs carry at least one K gen and are always either ayay or ayat at Agouti. Some Color Breeders denote brindle as Kbr. Brindle bodied dogs cannot have the seal part of the K Gene...rendered as Kb...nor be atat at Agouti.
BLACK BRINDLE MERLE
BLACK MERLE
BLACK MERLE TRI
BLACK PLATINUM
BLACK SEAL
BLACK TRI
BLACK TRINDLE
BROWN
BLUE AND TAN
BLUE BRINDLE
BLUE BRINDLE MERLE
BLUE FAWN
BLUE GHOST MERLE
BLUE MERLE
BLUE MERLE TRI
BLUE PLATINUM
BLUE SABLE
BLUE SEAL
BLUE TRI
BLUE TRINDLE
BROKEN ROPE
BULLDOG
CARRIER
CHOCOLATE AND TAN
CHOCOLATE BRINDLE
CHOCOLATE BRINDLE MERLE
CHOCOLATE FAWN
CHOCOLATE GHOST MERLE
CHOCOLATE MERLE
CHOCOLATE MERLE TRI
CHOCOLATE PLATINUM
CHOCOLATE SABLE
CHOCOLATE SEAL
CHOCOLATE TRI
CHOCOLATE TRINDLE
CLEAR SABLE
CRYPTIC MERLE
DILUTE
DOMINANT BLACK
DOUBLE MERLE
ENGLISH BULLDOG
FAWN
FULL
FULL BODY SUIT
FULL ROPE
FULL SUIT
GENOTYPE
GHOST MERLE
LETHAL WHITE
LILAC AND TAN
LILAC BRINDLE
LILAC BRINDLE MERLE
LILAC FAWN
LILAC GHOST MERLE
LILAC MERLE
LILAC MERLE TRI
LILAC PLATINUM
LILAC SABLE
LILAC SEAL
LILAC TRI
LILAC TRINDLE
MEAT MOUTH
MERLE
NON CARRIER
NOSE BUMP
PATCHWORK MERLE
PHANTOM MERLE
PIEBALD
PLATINUM
QUAD OR QUAD PRODUCER
SABLE
TAN POINT
TREE TRUNK LEGS
TRI
TRIPLE CARRIER
TWEED MERLE
VARIANTS
WHITE
