I see by the picture of his head that my impressions were right- , that mark that looked like a black stripe turned out to be a cow lick- it has flatened out.
I love trying to photograph a black dog- the lighter hair on the chest always looks white in the print.. lol... Did with my dobes too! Its like when I photograph hottie, you can see pink in his white..
And junescrater- Curly is just beautiful!!! You have been holding out on us- what a macho little guy!