nowwown Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hi, our Cody is classic Black & White, but I've noticed he's starting to get black "ticks" on his very white legs, paws, and ruff. Since I never saw his mother or father and don't know their coloration, can I tell now how "ticked" he'll be? Up to now, he was solid white and black with just one "beauty mark" near his nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 mine too is still getting the patches appearing, he is 6 months now and his legs were pure white as a young pup. Not sure how long they carry on though until you know the complete look lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBERRI Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 My Ru is 6yrs now and it seems that every year a few new ticks will show up. He had none at 8 weeks and now has quite a bit on his legs and tummy. Just this year he got a few new ones on his side. He is mostly white with solid black on his head. He also has 3 large saucer size spots along his spine. this was winter 2002 winter 2005 I think it all depends on the dog. I love looking fo his new spots each year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Dazzle had two big black spots on her nose at like 2-3 weeks old, after that she got them gradually. She got most of her spots by 3 months old - then they just got darker after that. So some will appear early on (2-3 weeks), others will come later(3 months or so). But they tend darken for the rest of the dog's life. So older dogs seem to have darker spots then younger dogs. Also when the spots get darker, if two spots are close to each other they will sometimes just "mush" together into one big spot. I think that is right. Hope that helped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowwown Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 BCBerri, Ru is beautiful! So is that cute puppy! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBERRI Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Thanks. That's his not so little brother Timber. WHo is now 65 lbs of love. Your pup is a doll! I love the mudge on the nose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Now Wow, Here are some puppy pictures. The dam Twist (in my Avatar) is fairly heavily ticked) and the sire is not. (photo by Christine Koval) Note that her legs and face are heavily ticked, and the white of her collar/shoulders area is also ticked but not as obviously so. The pups are about 2 weeks old in the picture: A week later, you can see that the dark pup now has ticking on his legs (and also on his muzzle, though you can't actually see that). The white pups still looks unticked (not counting the occasional little freckle--but if you compare the occasional freckles to the actual ticking, they don't look quite the same). Here's a group shot at the same age--some ticking is showing, but it's not real obvious on the pups when viewed from a distance. At three weeks, if you look at the two pups at the bottom of the image, the ticking is getting pretty obvious. And at 4 weeks, the pups that are ticked are really ticked (the ticking is actually washed out in some of the photos--in fact, Phoebe looks quite grey in person from all the ticking around her collar, for example). And even Pudge the white pup is developing black spots on his back! http://www.bordercollie.org/cgi-bin/ultima...c;f=14;t=002328 If I look back at early pictures of Twist, she was most certainly ticked when I brought her home at 7 weeks. althugh she was pure white when born. Her ticking did increase with time, but I can't say that it's still increasing--if it is it's not obviously so. I'm guessing that as others have said, ticking can increase with age, but I don't think you could expect an older dog to become heavily ticked if it wasn't ticked as a pup. JMO of course. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowwown Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Julie, Thanks for sharing the great photos. I think Cody will end up medium-ticked but not heavy. Just a guess though. No matter what he ends up looking like, we all already are in deep love with him and will continue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Gaaaaah, Julie That photo of Twist at work is gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjk05 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Our recent litter started showing ticking at about 2 weeks- the more heavily ticked pups obviously showed earlier. These are all the same pup (Ziggy)- she was black and white at birth, but started getting spotty at about 10 days. At about 2 weeks: At 3 weeks: At 4 weeks: Nearly 6 weeks: 12 weeks: Coming up for 5 months: Her mum is a plain black tricolour, no ticking, and this is her dad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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