The American Beagler Forum

A guy from our club has theese pups and what color are they? The one on the top in pic1 the one on the left in pic2.

I call mine blue even though it is sort of a grey color? With a blend of light yellowish red around the head, shoulders etc. along with the white of course? Wayne

hey turn left,hows it goin,i just seen this a couple of months back on a litter.i was lookin at.they call them blue beagles.the guy that had them is out of ravenna,ohio.i believe his name is harry south.you should contact him,for more info.i think i seen him advertizing a blue male just the other day.on puppies forsale.contact him,he's agood guy. bmcf

i call them blue too,,i have acouple out of some rising sun breedin,,matt

I believe they are "blue dilutes", with the bottom one being a lilac dilute. Not really sure, but I've heard those terms applied to pups like these.

THE LIGHTER ONE IS CALLED MOUSEY ,I WOULD CALL THE OTHERT ONE LIVER

The first one is blue and the other could be chocolate ( show beagle term )

Both are shown in the show ring, most show judges do not care for them.

But a good show judge will not even care about the colors, just good conformation, that is all that matters.

Buckridge beagles

Bev wrote:I believe they are "blue dilutes", with the bottom one being a lilac dilute. Not really sure, but I've heard those terms applied to pups like these.

Bev you are right. The top is a blue (dilute of the black gene). The bottom is a lilac (Dilute of the brown(chocolate)) gene which is also a dilute of the black gene. AKC only allows the code for blue on both pups as there is no option for lilacs.

BTT...

I Think AKC calls them Blue-Tans

btt

PA hunter they must be your pups. I would say you must of either baked them too long or not long enough.

Here is a link to the National Beagle Club of America. AKC gets their Beagle breed standard as well as acceptable colors from this club.
This page is to the Dilute colors and shows the Blues and lilacs.
http://clubs.akc.org/NBC/dilute_colored_beagles.htm

Here is what mine looks like, I call him White River Blue Smoke. He is out of White River Tuff E Nuff. He is seven months old and starting to put the smoke on my older dogs.