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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I usually do a puppy cut prior to breeding, I don't want to take the chance of puppies being strangled by mother's coat......
Since I show dogs, show coats take a bit more cultivating. So, once I've bred a mom, they tend to go lighter and a bit sparser, not ever getting back to that show coat again. |
We do a puppy cut closed to whelping date, then again, a very short one after we wean the puppies.
I found that depending on what you are feeding they do lighten up , you are right, but i also find that they put back color if they are fed puppy food a while after they wean the puppies.
I have a retired "old" lady here that was very light after she had her last litter, 6 puppies... she got so emaciated... her hair is now the most gorgeous one, intense color an shiny, even after getting spayed.
We noticed the food impact in color even with males. We have a champion male started getting a lot of silver in the roots. Eventually half of his hair was turning silver, we switched him and he started darkening up again. He is back to his 'glorious" days. But you can see the line, like someone who dies the hair blond then you can see the dark roots.
I am not currently showing, but had so i am very familiar with the care and effort to grow a coat, care is never too much .
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