Which breeds have coats that change colour? General Chat

Can you think of any breeds of dogs whose coat changes colour? I don't mean greying around the muzzle etc with age, but the colour actually changes from when they are a puppy to when they are adult.

Tibetan Terrier puppies will often change colour significantly. One of mine was predominantly jet black as a puppy (with a white bib and one half of his moustache white). He started becoming lighter aged about 10 months and now aged 3yrs his body is almost completely charcoal/smokey coloured ..... or grey sable. He still has black legs, muzzle and ears. One of his littermates was registered with the KC at 6 weeks old as being black and by the time he went to his new owner he was turning sable with cream hair coming through. My last little dog which was a Lhasa Apso had beautiful golden ears as a puppy and by the time she was 6 months old there was no sign of gold on her at all. My other TT hasn't changed colour at all. When buying a TT there is never a guarantee that what you see is what you'll have a year later

Silky terriers change colors as do Weimreines (how do you spell that?) and I do belive Yorkies do too.

Sable GSD's can change drastically from puppy to adult, They can be born black go pale silver/ cream/ gold at around 4/5 months and as an adult can be any combination ranging from all black to very pale versions of these colours, with black tips and pale undercoats, you would be surprised at the many changes a puppy goes through and it is very hard to say what the adult dog will be..

Meg I didn't realise that Schnauzers changed that much but presumably those beautiful pups are salt and pepper ones ... so cute.
IceCody . I should have remembered Silkies because a neighbour had one when we first moved here many years ago and I now remember seeing photos of when he was a pup. I certainly wasn't aware that Weimaraners did

My dogs littermate was actually changing from being black at 5-6 weeks old and when I saw it at 8 weeks old it had a real new growth of blonde hair so will have totally changed colour.

It is fascinating isn't. I know about horses ie. greys being born dark etc but really was surprised about dogs, apart from the expected fading of a coat I hand't realised they could actually change colour.. Thanks.

I know the question was about breeds and Pereg is a mutt, but look at how her colouring has changed in the last five years:

One month



Five months



Now

GSDs- black/tan go lighter loose the black and get more tan, most sables go darker with age
CPs dont change a lot although born all black tan grows as they do

A fascinating thread, and it's not something that I had considered before.

Mind you, I have had dogs that changed colour in seconds...........when rolling in something disgusting

yorkshire terriers, born almost all black with tan patches over eyes, soon have a tan head with black body then the body turns grey/blue

heres cleo at 8 weeks and again at 15 (sadly lost her a month ago)

I don't know why I was surprised by change in colour now Malka, Pereg has changed incredibly .... just as beautiful of course.
I assume the only coat colour that doesn't change so much is white.
Sweet photos of little Cleo and what a difference from puppyhood to adulthood too

Thanks for all the comments and Bitkin my Rucksack like Jimmy can change colour within seconds too

I don´t know if it counts but Desty was born with a white star on her forehead that has disapeared by now.

Bandit's Black and Tan changed with the black receding and the tan becoming more dominant.

Baby Bandit (7 weeks ish)


This one was only a couple of weeks later -



And now -