[Lola&Mico]

Hi
I got My first Havanese almost 2 years ago and then I had to get another. They are so amazing!
I love the color of your friend. Is he considered a Havana brown?
If I can get a photo up I’d like your opinion of this puppy’s color. The color charts are pretty intense!! The pup is one week old and the litter had a chocolate and white but this puppies nose is black or the darkest brown ever.
Do you have a pic of your sweetie as a puppy that you could show me

 

[Lola&Mico]

This puppy is a sable. He looks like he will probably be a gold sable, but that will be easier to tell when he is a bit older. But there is no doubt that he is sable.

Thanks. The colors are a bit much sometimes

 

[Lola&Mico]

I agree! He looks a lot like my Charlie as a puppy, who is registered as gold brindle but I think is actually gold sable bc he didn’t have the tiger stripes.

This is him at 4 weeks:
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And here he is at recently, at 10 😊
Thanks so much I learn a lot on here
Your doggie is a beautiful color. I haven’t seen that color before


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[Lola&Mico]

I took it to mean a bit hard to follow and figure out

Exactly I’ll try and be more precise🐶

 

[Lola&Mico]

I agree! He looks a lot like my Charlie as a puppy, who is registered as gold brindle but I think is actually gold sable bc he didn’t have the tiger stripes.

This is him at 4 weeks:
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And here he is at recently, at 10 😊


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What an itty bitty cute puppy. I love his color
When you said gold I pictured it so differently. To me (I’m new at Havanese) his color looks so unique like a really pretty smokey gray
Havanese always look so happy!

 

[Lola&Mico]

His color is constantly changing! I’m pretty sure he has the silvering gene (I think someone told me there’s a gene for that but I’ll defer to @krandall) Right now it’s more grey, though more blond on his underside, but other times it’s much more of a flaxen/light gold color. His changes were most striking in his first year, which is often true of sables (a few more pics of that below, before his first haircut when the dark tips came off), but even 10 years later, he keeps us guessing!

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What a cutie but the color changes are so amazing Lola was almost all black and now has so many other colors like white tannish silver …and she’s not even 2
It’s something so fun about this breed.
thanks for the info!

 

[Lola&Mico]

This is Maggie, her mother was pure white, her sire was Clear Red. She’s a great example of color modifiers that were unknown. She is 3 years old and tricolor, black, white, and either a light gray or silver. View attachment 178883
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What a pretty girl❤

 

[Lola&Mico]

And some red always shows in her mustache lol. View attachment 178889
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So interesting watching her color change Her coat and her expression are both so adorable!!
Debbie