Labrador Retrievers’ noses change color?
A friend and I are raising and training Guide Dog puppies. My friend got her pup, Fullerton, a couple months shy of a year ago. Since then, his nose has gone from black, to pink and back to black. Is this normal?
My guide dog pup is the first Lab I have ever “owned”, so I am not Labrador savvy.. I am aware of noses fading to pink, but after fading, do they usually go back to black like Fullerton’s has?
We live in Utah, but he spent the summer in California with his raiser. Could that play a factor?
I’m not freaking out or anything. I’m just curious. :]
Fuller at 12 weeks:
8 months:
11 1/2 months(taken a few days ago):
This is normal. Many dogs have noses that fade out during the colder months and then darken in the sunnier months. The dog makes more pigment to help protect his nose against the sun, making a black nose, but one that can still get sunburned.
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