Color changes???

[Dixieland Dancer]

Originally posted by sammi
We talked about that a long time ago. I wondered one day when I realized that Buddy's nose went from black to pinkish/tan!!! I guess the reason is that the color changes/piment as the season change from warm-cool & cool - warm. Pink in the winter and black in the summer to protect from sunburn......

The primary cause of "snow nose" or "winter nose" is a same thing that occurs that cause the leaves to change color. The days are getting shorter and shorter with daylight and longer and longer with darkness. Lack of sunshine causes pigment change that starts to occur around this time of year. There are different breeds that are more susceptible to this occurance. Huskies are one of them! Goldens are too!!

Dusty has a coal black nose but Dixie gets a touch of the brownish nose every winter. It always turns back to black in the summer but never as deeply as when she was a pup. Her's starting changing to the brownish color a couple weeks ago.

Bridgette, American standard for the Golden nose is also black but having a brownish to pink nose (especially in the winter) is not a major fault. It is just a minor deduction in conformation.