urge to herd Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Only one of my previous bc was b/w, the others just happened to be brown/white. A couple days ago I noticed the fur on G's back is becoming reddish brown. Now I see that it's also on his back and the top of his head. It's easily noticeable. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to their dog? He's also always had tan spots over his eyes and on his cheeks. But the newest thing is definitely reddish. Other than this change he's just the same. Turned 13 last October and has slowed down like any older dog. I'm interested to read the responses. R&G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Parkey Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Could the sun be bleaching his coat? This seems to happen more often in older dogs than younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urge to herd Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 He's in the house most of the time and asleep, at that. Living in Northern Coastal CA, summers here are on the cool side, and we have a fair amount of cloud cover at least half the time. I don't think it's sun bleaching. I only have a few pix of the red/white bc I had before Gibbs, and those pix weren't all that great. Don't have any way to find out if the r/w dogs got a little bleached as well. Thx for the comment! R&G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligande Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 My older boy who is 12 is a tri, and over the last few years I have noticed reddish brown highlights. We do live in a sunny climate so I always assumed it was that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urge to herd Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 Thanks, Alligande. Everything else is hunky-dory with Gibbs, so I'm figuring whatever caused it is benign. Thanks again! R & G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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