I tried to upload pics of Avery so you could see his black spots on his back and how they were growing out, but I'm not very good with that kind of stuff and it keeps telling me I have to "manually" resize the pics and I don't know how to do that.

Sorry. He was matted and shaved twice before we got him. Since then he has been well groomed and the black spots are growing out with dark silver underneath, so now there are long black "tips" down coming down his back and sides as they grow =/ Who knows what they will look like eventually. He is 15 months old right now. I'm letting his hair grow long just to see what happens. If I can figure out the picture thing, I'll try to post some to show you better.