Has anyone ever seen or heard of a gray beagle?

A while back my tricolor beagle was bred to another tri. She had a litter of six - two regular tricolors, one broken-spotted tricolor, two lemons, and one that was all gray except some brown on his face. I was wondering if this is really rare, and also, what might cause this coloring. I've read a lot about beagle coloring, but the closest I've found is bluetick coloring. Any answers would be appreciated.

Has anyone ever seen or heard of a gray beagle?
Wouldn't this be a great question for your mentor? You *do* have one, right? No responsible person would breed without having one. But then again, no responsible person would breed two pet quality dogs together anyways. . . Are you a backyard breeder?: http://www.adoptarescuepet.org/byb.htm





It sounds like you have a blue or lilac tri-color (if there is ANY white), a solid grey/blue/lilac and tan, or some sort of a ticked. http://clubs.akc.org/NBC/dilute_colored_...





If the colouration continues to create identification problems, contact the NBC and see if someone there can help to identify it. It's possible it's simply a non-standard colour (non-hound), which is meaningless for ap et quality dog. Please be sure to supply limited AKC registrations and spay/neuter contracts. With over 6000 beagles up for rescue on http://www.petfinder.com , the last thing the world needs is more pet quality Beagles.
Reply:if you look closely at the pic I'll post below, you will probably see the same color.


The only colors that would really be considered rare are the "pieds" where the base color is a cream instead of white, and regardless of the color pattern there will not be the clear cut dividing lines between the pattern and the base white.





From the old color standard:


"The colour is spread about amongst the ground colour, without there being a clear definition or dividing line between the base colour and full colour. The edges of the dense colour pattern area fade and run out, mingling with the base colour. It is NOT a clear line as in the other colour groups."


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Reply:I found this information: The American Kennel Club and National Beagle Club of America recognize "any hound colors" as acceptable. Hound colors include all shades and combinations of white (or cream), black, tan/lemon/red, brown/liver, blue/grey, and the colors of the hare or badger. The color combination which most people associate with a Beagle is the black, tan %26amp; white tricolor, with a black saddle marking, and white occurring in an "Irish spotting" pattern on the face, neck, legs and tail tip. Second most common color combination is probably the red %26amp; white coloring, also known as lemon %26amp; white or tan %26amp; white depending on the depth of color. Tricolors can also occur which have a "faded" black saddle, or with the dark pigmented areas being brown/chocolate/liver in color, or even with the black or brown pigment diluted to blue or lilac. Patterns of markings in beagles can range from predominantly solid black %26amp; tan, to the typical "Irish spotting", through open marked or piebald hounds where the background is white with smaller patches of color. Blue tick or red tick hounds are those with heavy speckling known as "ticking" throughout the white portions of the coat (also called "mottles").

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