Black and white

To be considered a" true" black Malamute, both the guard hairs and undercoat must be black or dark grey. Many "black" Malamute puppies actually mature to be seal or a very dark grey.

Often have prominent face markings (closed face/full mask) with or without additional white markings such as blaze, star or stripe.

Breeder's Note: There is no red factor evident in the expressed coat color of the true black Malamute. A black Mal may very likely be homozygous for black, but can hetrozygous, carrying the reccessive liver color as well. There is no way to know if a dog carries the recessive red (liver) gene or not just by looking at the coat color.

The "dilute gene" or lack of it is responsible for the depth of color, it is amassed in totally seperate loci from the dominate or recessive genes.