CKCS nose pigment Questions

I met this 12 week old CKC today and asked about her nose - well it was what drew me in actually. The owner said that the vet said it would stay like that, yet her breeder said it would turn black as she grew.

I've never met a pedigree with a freckled nose..

I had a litter of GSDs born all black with pink noses and nails, they looked like aliens! It should go black in time.

Its referred to as by some as 'butterfly nose' and is a lack of pigment. It will not go black.

I've seen it in crosses, but never pedigrees.. it just made me wonder - tbh I'd not have any problems with it, made her pretty special

It might depend on the breed but I had a pup with 3 black stripes on a pink nose which finally went black when he was 10 months old. He was a late developer in other ways, one testicle didnt drop until he was 10 months either.

Maggies nose was speckled like that when I got her...It has turned all black now...

In most puppies the nose will slowly colour in, unless it is a pigment issue or a breed known for such noses - I'd expect it to colour up in that pup

My mum's collie had a pinky speckled nose as a young pup. It's black now but inside his nostrils you can see pink if you look closely.

Jake had a very pink nose when he was a pup, but now it is black with just random specks of pink I would think most likely it will go black as the dog gets older, but I do think it is a wait and see kind of thing.

I know - I saw her nose and thought about Jake

I just loved his big black spot smack in the middle of his nose

When I picked him out of the litter, the SSPCA woman told another SSPCA woman which one to go get, and she said 'the one with the pink nose, and big black spot'... It must have been a toss up between him being the only one with a pink nose, and the only one with a curly piggy tail I really thought the tail would win

My only experience of this is in Northern Inuits and from my experience it tends not to correct itself. Maybe its just the mix.

Must be - which is bizarre in itself as the creator breeds tend to be the other way

The weirdness of dogs

Well depends on what you consider the creator breeds to be I suppose! ;-)

My Boxer's nose was like that as a pup totally coloured by the time he was shown

no happens loads with ckc's mallys huskies, have heard it called 'snow nose' before now. two boxers at training had pink spots and collies have them as well, see it quite a bit in merles, just a lack of pigment, in some dogs it turns black in others it stays very pink and in others the pink bits shrink and black bits grow. hope thats helped?

Someone correct me if I am wrong but my understanding of 'snow nose' is a fading of colour only during the cold winter months and is something completely different to what is shown here which is either a permanent lack of pigment or a slow developing pigment.

A lot of people in the NI use the term 'snow nose' to describe the pink streaks many have but imo more often than not it is just poor/lack of pigmentation as many of them have it all year round.

That's my understanding of snow nose too

should go black in time eventually. ive seen a couple of cresteds with speckly noses when they are babies.

Most of my pups have at least a pink bit if nto more but it colours in as they grow.