This is another giant dog breed, and they are beautiful with their brindle coloring. They are similar to mastiffs in where they can be somewhat standoff-ish with strangers, but open up to them once they are known and invited to be part of the family. The Irish Wolfhound is another dog that’s not recommended for first-time dog owners. Seeing the Irish Wolfhound with reverse brindle coloring is quite common for the breed, although it’s slightly harder to see because their coat is somewhat rough and dense. Their wiry coats are always on the lighter side, but you’ll see some tiger striping come through which means they still fall into the reverse brindle bucket. The Irish Wolfhound will often fall into the reverse brindle category. Irish Wolfhound Irish Wolfhounds typically have reverse brindle coats, and are a bit rarer than other coat colors for the breed. Make no mistake, they are smart and use it to their advantage at any chance they get. Mastiffs are extremely stubborn, and they like to enact that stubbornness regularly which may lead you to think they are stupid. Mastiffs aren’t the best dogs for first time dog owners, and you should only get one if you are a firm leader with your dog and can spend time training them. This coloring combined with their size can make mastiffs look even more imposing than the other breeds in this list. These huge dogs commonly carry the gene, and the coloring is quite a popular color in the mastiff community. They can also be beautifully brindle.īoth the English Mastiff and the American Mastiff can carry the brindle gene. They will also protect their family with their life, making them a great family companion.Įnglish & American Mastiff Mastiffs are large and imposing but have hearts of gold. On the plus side, they are amazing with kids and other animals if properly socialized. They like to downplay their intelligence and can drive any new dog owner crazy with their refusal to listen. This breed is like the English Mastiff: Stubborn, Headstrong and can be a bit lazy when they want to be. Similar to the English masttiff, this color combo can make them look more imposing than smaller brindle dog breeds. These gentle giants have a relatively high likelihood of having this coat color. The Bullmastiff carries the brindle gene. This breed can be harder to train for less experienced dog owners, so make sure you are prepared to invest time and money into the training of your pup to ensure you have a well-behaved family companion.īullmastiff Bullmastiffs have plenty of skin to sport a soft coat with beautiful brindle tiger stripes. They carry the brindle gene, and often carry amber colored eyes with this coat color combination to boot.ĭutch Shepherds are extremely intelligent dogs and are often used for police work and military work. As you can see by the featured image in this article above, the dutch shepherd in brindle can be absolutely striking in how they look. One of our favorite brindle coated pups is the Dutch Shepherd.
While this coat coloring does seem slightly more common in some breeds of dogs like the molosser dogs, it can creep up in many other breeds we look at in detail below.ĭutch Shepherd The Dutch Shepherd is one of the most striking dogs that sports a brindle coat. We’ve carved out over 20 different breeds that can carry the brindle gene, and have pictures of these stunning pups for you to take a look at with each breed. While there’s only one breed that’s guaranteed to carry the brindle color every time, many breeds carry the genes in with other mixed colors, most notably a merle coloring which is almost like a marbling of solid colors mixed with a brindle coat. There are many brindle dog breeds that carry the color gene, and all of them can look equally beautiful. The pictures below will give you a good idea of the many different coat colors you can expect. The orangeish/reddish color coats are “red” brindles, while the fawn colors are a lighter orange, almost tan color. Some breeds can carry a more grey or “blue” looking color of the brindle color. The lighter brindle coloring is called a “reverse brindle.” This type of coat has the lighter color being more prominent on the darker background of the dog’s coat. The darker or heavier brindle coloring is the traditional color that’s typically the most discussed. It’s charactarized by either having black coloring/stripes on an orange background where the orange occasionally peeks through, or light stripes over a darker background or coat, almost resembling a tiger’s striped coat in some ways. The Brindle color coat is one of the recessive genes on the K locus. The brindle coat has been around as long as dogs have been running around on the earth.
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