sable color question

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by destiny4u on 25 February 2011 - 03:02

do some sables like grey get lighter as they age? when do dogs of sable color usually stop changing color and reach their adult color? 1 year?

by unclemick on 25 February 2011 - 04:02

Seems like ours is still changing (although not as much) and she is 11 months old. Most that I have seen get darker as they get older. i was told to wait until she was around 2 to see what she would finally look like.

by kaoboy on 25 February 2011 - 04:02

yeh thats true..

mine at 9 weeks are a light grey with little black..

now he is mostly black with dark and light brown witha hint of grey!!!
he will probably get alittle darker but not much!!
he is almost 6 months old

by Ryanhaus on 25 February 2011 - 13:02

My dog Theo von Ryan took 3 years to get to his adult color, he just got darker and darker.

Remember that a sable is fur that is black or gray tipped on the ends, so if you shaved your sable she would be tan colored.
All the baby fur that's shed off is the under coat, which is usually lighter, check the brush and see what color comes off after brushing her, that's the color she will least end up with!

by Ibrahim on 25 February 2011 - 17:02

My sable was lighter, now I see his color remained almost the same after he crossed 14 months old but darker than befor.

Ibrahim

by destiny4u on 25 February 2011 - 19:02

wierd no one here had a dog that started off darker sable then turned light as they aged?

by Ibrahim on 25 February 2011 - 20:02

Erri od roubenky

by TingiesandTails on 25 February 2011 - 21:02

I think the colour might change until the dog is hormonally matured - maybe 24 months.

by Red Sable on 26 February 2011 - 21:02

Your dog seemed to lose his red Ibrahim, and turn tan, or is that just the picture? As a pup he was really red. His face has really darkened up, I love it.

Here is my female:

as a pup,

This picture was just taken a month or so ago, the date on my camera went alflunko. The puppy picture was actually in 2008. She is almost 3 now.

by idahospud49 on 27 February 2011 - 02:02

I think I must be one of the very few people who had a sable who actually got lighter with age. My friend who had not seen Amadeus in many years saw a picture of him at 6 and asked "didn't he used to be a LOT darker??"

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