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Sable coat colour changes

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Here are some pictures of our Ruby's coat colour changes in just 3 months. She is a Red Sable and you can see that the mahogany red fur that she had at birth is growing out to just the tips and now she is a bit mousy brown. But the undercoat is coming in golden red. Stay tuned.

I can't seem to post multiple pictures in one post so I will post a series of photos. Let me know if there is a tip for posting multiple photos in one post.
 

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Love your photos! How adorable!

Our Molly is also a red sable. She has lightened quite a bit over the past year. Here are a few photos which were taken at 3 months, 6 months and at one year.
 

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Love the pics! Molly got gorgeous throughout her changes. My dark chocolate girl is changing as well, but it's weird. Her head one month ago was almost orange red, but the roots growing out are now a very dark brown. Her body is a very dark brown, but the roots are a mousey brown, with a few real white hairs coming in on her tail. I have no idea what color she'll end up. It's fascinating.
 
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It's really amazing how their color changes. That third picture of Ruby is fascinating in how her hair near the skin looks so red. It sure will be interesting to see what color she ends up being. She looks so cute and fluffy in that last picture. And Molly is beautiful. I really like her dark muzzle and ear tips. Wonder if she'll stay like that. From what I've been reading it seems they can change color almost through their lives.
 
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Here are some pictures of our Ruby's coat colour changes in just 3 months. She is a Red Sable and you can see that the mahogany red fur that she had at birth is growing out to just the tips and now she is a bit mousy brown. But the undercoat is coming in golden red. Stay tuned.
I asked the Groomer to cut her a little shorter this month so that the full glory of that red undercoat could be revealed. I love it!
 

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It will be very interesting to see what Maggie looks like in a few months ..... She is listed a red sable with white but the roots are pretty much solid red. Our breeder says if we want to retain the black on her ears we shouldn't cut her hair as it likely wont come back.
 

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Here are some pictures of our Ruby's coat colour changes in just 3 months. She is a Red Sable and you can see that the mahogany red fur that she had at birth is growing out to just the tips and now she is a bit mousy brown. But the undercoat is coming in golden red. Stay tuned.

I can't seem to post multiple pictures in one post so I will post a series of photos. Let me know if there is a tip for posting multiple photos in one post.
Eveningpiper, Its amazing how similar our pups looked when they were very young !

Beth uses the same carpet for all her puppy pictures :)
 

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#19 ·
Some (many) red sables don't hold their color as they mature. But a lot of Beth's do.

"Sable" is the gene that causes the black tips on the hair. The amont of dark that stays through the dog's life is very variable, and can come and go theough the dog's life.

A "clear" red would not have any black tips, even at birth.
 
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I love sables too, and would love one (someday lol!)... there are families that are known to hold their color. Pixel's mother and aunt are both beautiful dark sables, and her brother is also.
 
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Thank you for all the sweet compliments about Molly. We do love her color and hope it stays.

All this talk about sables made me start thinking about Max. I never thought about him being a "sable"... but the black tips on his ears and his black muzzle have really faded over the past year. The breeder chose "fawn" as his color on the AKC paperwork. What do you think? What color is this little guy? He sure looks different today compared to the day we brought him home.

Could I have two sable dogs ... a fawn sable and a red sable?

Here are photos at 3 months, 6 months and 1 year old.
 

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Thank you for all the sweet compliments about Molly. We do love her color and hope it stays.

All this talk about sables made me start thinking about Max. I never thought about him being a "sable"... but the black tips on his ears and his black muzzle have really faded over the past year. The breeder chose "fawn" as his color on the AKC paperwork. What do you think? What color is this little guy? He sure looks different today compared to the day we brought him home.

Could I have two sable dogs ... a fawn sable and a red sable?

Here are photos at 3 months, 6 months and 1 year old.
Genetically, I'm sure he's a sable.
 
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They are all SO so cute!
I actually had my name on a sable boy since Sophie wasn't available. This is a line that doesn't hold the color so I just kept fretting about it plus I had really wanted a girl. Thankfully Sophie suddenly became available again (meant to be!!) but here is little Elmo. I'm sure he's quite light now, about the color around his eyes.
 

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