************************************************************** In a message dated 10/3/2008 7:10:46 PM Mountain Daylight Time, Scharo777@xxxxxxx writes: But you should not condemn small round black spots as dye. Red ones probably.:) But the black ones are some type of genetic patterning. Carol **************************************************************** The little spots can be caused by tick bites. For some reason, the site of the bite can change the color.....on black, the spots are seen as some white hairs. Nothing scientific here, just my observation. Jamie ********************************************************************************* Girls, you would have LOVED this: Awhile ago, an older male being shown was shown without the grey muzzle he usually had. (It was suddenly black!) He also suddenly had black splotchy marks on both of his front legs. One story was that he had gotten "into the blueberries" and the "blueberry dye" wouldn't come off. Another story was that he got out into the road and the black leg spots were actually tar. Everyone knew it was just a case of a "botched muzzle job." But people are SO creative with their reasons why dogs look different! <VBG> Penny ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================