lol th esame happend to shadow,only the oppsite, she was a puppy in 1996 as well and she had very prominant colours,

look how you can see so much colour? well as she got older the colour faded and she now looks more like a plain shiny black with a few white marks and some very faded tan marks
shadow 3 years ago:

th eamrkings are still visable but not nearly as much as when she was a pup!