Apart from Merles – which are not purebred French Bulldogs in any case – the colour of a dog doesn’t necessarily mean better or worse health. It’s the breeding practices that have occurred in order to get a litter. Fully health screened, healthy specimens should only be bred from. When colour is the main and at times only reason for reproducing a litter, health can and is at times compromised.

Dilute coloured dogs have been linked to a particular skin condition – Dilute Alopecia as the condition is known, causing severe and permanent hair loss to parts or all of the body.