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Thursday, May 20, 2010

How do you figure out Adult Color on the Icelandic Sheepdog Puppies

Follow the Dream, is clearly taking after her mother Folda, Gonna be a Red Head!
Provocative in Pearls Color behind her ear, taking after her Sire


Keepers Ear color, I can track this color in the pedigree back four generations.


Question: How do you tell what the adult coat color on the puppies will be?


Answer: I have found over the years that looking at the back of the ears for what color they are as a puppy gives us our best clues. You need to take these photos in a natural defused lighting, no flash, and no lamp light otherwise it will mess with what the photo shows, so here are photos of the oldest litter , I will do the Dream litter when they are old enough to head outside for some play time.


On average the adult coat color will be either, the same as seen above or one shade darker or lighter then what is seen above.