I am sorry that I lost all of the pics of a friend's blue born. I do, however, have Jillian's adult pic in my album. I have a choc male now and have pics of him but not as a newborn.
My understanding is that Cher is gonna update the info in her article as there havebeen some changes in what we know about blue-borns. They used to call them Fatal Blue Genes but not all of these puppies die the horrible deaths we thought they did,.
It is fairly easy to tell a real blue from a choc at birth. But, the texture of their coats are very similar. Their coats can be coarse and the hair that would normally be blue or black as adults does not grow, is dull, coarse like 300 grade steel wool, ears are hairless and have to be protected with sunscreen and body. The tan on normal colors is evident often in the off colors and will grow and need to be groomed..
The puppy in the pic that died looks like a choc to me, going by the liver nose and the brownish coat.
I don't know if this helps or if you want to PM me for more info, I would be happy to answer any questions I can. I now have parti-marked AKC male and Biewers..so I have a lovabe bunch of misfits.. |