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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Ha ha, yes she looks like a little scamp! Well, there's a dark blue that has the metallic shine to it and a light blue that has the metallic shine. The good news is that coats with the metallic shine are more likely to be silky coats and silky coat is so much easier to care for. If they are pure black, they often have more of a cotton coat, but some say they have seen pure black silk coats. Oh I just remembered this site, it talks about the Eye shine and silky coats. You’ll have no problem understanding it! I think the 2 progressive graying genes are responsible for how light or dark blue they are. Eye Shine |
I started to read through the coat color thread, and it's very complex, based on the patterns of where the blue and tan patches are located. Since I didn't have Bella sitting right in front of me at the time, I couldn't do a complete analysis, but I could conclude that either she will have the breed standard colors in all the right places, OR the blue patches will be too light in color (I think that's the dark blue vs. the light blue you are describing--too early to tell). However she turns out, though, it's exciting watching the colors develop. Now that the puppy coat has been removed, the underlying hair feels much silkier. Her eyes reflect blue in the flash, so that's a good sign too. I hadn't heard the coat color described as metallic, but that's exactly what I'm seeing--the blue patches shine like silver, and the tan patches shine like bright copper. She's so beautiful, and I never realized that those beautiful colors were hiding under her thick black puppy coat! Bella is blue and tan, but I'm tickled pink
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