• Does anyone know if the nose has pink on it, if that means it is not a well-bred dog?


  • @Bambismom:

    Does anyone know if the nose has pink on it, if that means it is not a well-bred dog?

    Not an indicator of responsible breeding at all. It happens sometimes.


  • Also, if its a puppy it could just be the pigment hasn't come through??

    I know in the pictures the breeders sent of Maya's litter, they all were born with pink noses and the pigment started to come through gradually until they were 8 weeks old when it had mostly come through 😃


  • @Bambismom:

    Does anyone know if the nose has pink on it, if that means it is not a well-bred dog?

    And sometimes the more white in the face the nose might be a lighter or pink color. Some pedigrees carry a "pinky" nose too… not an indication of poor breeding at all... even though we all would prefer the nice black nose. Same goes for light eyes... some lines carry a light eye...


  • Dallas had a little "lightening bolt" of pink across his nose when he was a pup.

    He's the one on the left obviously:

    However, it has disappeared as he has grown.

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  • Lexi used to have a lot of pink on her nose when she was younger. It eventually filled in- maybe after the first year or so? But sometimes when she sleeps… some of it comes back. 😉




  • Also Basenjis get "winter nose" and their nose sometimes lightens up a little in the winter. It doesn't go totally pinkish like a puppy though.


  • Sugar gets the 'winter nose' thing. It does get a pinkish black, but in summer goes straight back to black. All puppies are born with the pink noses and they later fill in. Talker still has a little bit of pink which I expect will fill in.

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