Blue Dogs
Blue dogs are rare, something you are not likely to come across as you go out for a jog in the morning. But they exist and are more gorgeous than you might expect.
A dog’s ‘blue’ coat is not comparable to the typical blue color. It is more silver-gray with a distinct cool bluish sheen. It happens due to recessive gene mutations that cause the black pigmentation of the coat to dilute and appear silvery-gray or blue. The same gene mutations also cause the dog’s nose to turn bluish.
List of Blue Dog Breeds
Blue dogs may come in several coat-color variations, including blue merle, blue tick, blue brindle, and blue harlequin. A dog could be all blue or have a marbled, speckled, or ticked pattern. The breeds mentioned here are all registered by major kennel clubs, the AKC, UKC, and FCI.
Small Blue Dogs
- Chow Chow
- Silky Terrier
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Blue Tick Beagle
- French Bulldog
- Dachshund
Medium-sized Blue Dogs
- Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler)
- Shar-Pei
- Thai Ridgeback
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Australian Shepherd
- Whippet
- Bearded Collie
- American Staffordshire Terrier
Big Blue Dogs
- Irish Wolfhound
- Weimaraner
- Great Dane
- Neapolitan Mastiff
- Poodle
- Bluetick Coonhound
- Catahoula Leopard Dog
- English Setter
- Italian Greyhound
- Greyhound
- Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Blue Dog Breeds Not Recognized By Major Registries
- Blue Lacy
- Blue Bay Shepherd
