Final Color - Page 2

wow, sunsilver...thats interesting..wonder if it has anything to do with mating, like color does with lions....maybe it means more "manly" for a male dog to have a darker blanket....like a lioness will be more attracted to a lion with the darkest mane.....maybe by having a male neutered it can show in his coat that he is not as suitable to mate with?

Debby you are absolutely right about the sables changing colors by the seasons.  I thought it was just me when my boy shed his dark winter coat and was a beautiful dark gray.  But I have noticed he does it all the time now.  And as he ages he seems to get darker every time also. 

Wow, now that's interesting vonissk!!  I didn't know that about sables!

If I am able to get an updated pic, I'd like to show you how much my bitch has changed colour since 8 weeks of age, when she was pretty much a blanket-back black and tan. Here's her puppy pic:

And here she is at 14 weeks. Already, a dramatic change....

Will post a current pic as soon as I'm able to get one, which may not be right away, as I live alone, and don't have anyone to help pose her.

The small pic was taken at about 7-8 months old and you can see how gray he looks.  The bigger pic was taken in the spring before he shed out.  You can see the color difference. In certain lights he looks darker or lighter depending.  The bigger pic makes him look ligher than he really is.