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delicatepuzzle · 10-03-2010, 02:27 PM

BOth mine show red in pictures but have COMPLETELY different coats. Now one is a yorkshire full breed, red reflect and cotton coat (or so I think, used to be really thick and silky). The other a biewer a chocolate/biro with a silk coat and red reflect.

jencar98 · 10-03-2010, 02:32 PM

Sometimes bc of camera flash you don't get a true color green or amber to show. Try looking at their eyes when they are in a darkened room with light coming into the room from another room. You have to see their eyes from a certain angle (the light from the other room has to glancing over their eyes) to catch the eye shine. lol...it's hard to explain exactly what I mean.

If you catch only glimpses of amber to red tones it will be soft coats (cotton) or modified.

FlDebra · 10-03-2010, 02:50 PM

All of mine had blue eyes as puppies. The green/red comes out later. I have only had one cottony coat and she did have the red eye shine. All of my others had green shine and silky coats. So the idea has proven 100% with mine.

TW you can get the same thing if you shine a flashlight at them when they are outside in the dark. You will be able to see the same color eye shine that will show in a photo.

Brooklyn'smommy · 10-03-2010, 02:55 PM

I read this awhile back and always tried to determine what color Brooklyn's eye shine is in pictures. To me they always look an amber or yellow. I don't know what that means. She's 5 months old and has a pretty thick, super soft coat, but where her hair naturally parts on her back, it's very shiny and silky inside. I have no idea what she'll look like when she's full grown but boy is she cute to me.

Ute White · 10-03-2010, 03:16 PM

Wow, that's interesting. We have some wicked pics of Merlin with green eyes. My daughter said it looks real scary.
Thanks for the info, Nancy.

lizzieg · 10-03-2010, 04:16 PM

I love this thread. I didn't know that the females showed up lighter than males. Khloe is almost 5 months and has white hair on top. She has a silky coat, but I was thinking that she may be a blonde.

I wonder if this is a reason that more males are used for showing purposes (from the competitions that we've went to, I've seen more males of all breeds, so that couldn't be the only reason). Very neat!

Khloe's eyes looked blue at 11 weeks. It took until about 13-14 weeks for them to show up green.

ClareNstuart · 10-03-2010, 07:17 PM

Hi there

Just thought I would add, I am an eye doctor so I had to learn about the differences in animals vs human eyes. Nancy 1999 is very correct, all animals who have 'nocturnal' or night time visual needs have a tapetum lucidum. It's part of their Retina's. A human's eye is pink/red in the back thus "red eye" I have seen the tapetum lucidum during dissections and it's super pretty

almost like the inside of an oyster shell!
Just thought I'd add

If anyone had doggy eye questions I'd be happy to help

10-03-2010, 02:32 PM	#32
jencar98 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,435 Blog Entries: 3	Sometimes bc of camera flash you don't get a true color green or amber to show. Try looking at their eyes when they are in a darkened room with light coming into the room from another room. You have to see their eyes from a certain angle (the light from the other room has to glancing over their eyes) to catch the eye shine. lol...it's hard to explain exactly what I mean. If you catch only glimpses of amber to red tones it will be soft coats (cotton) or modified. __________________ ~Ruby, Reno, Razz, & Jack~

10-03-2010, 02:50 PM	#33
FlDebra Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: FL Posts: 7,651	All of mine had blue eyes as puppies. The green/red comes out later. I have only had one cottony coat and she did have the red eye shine. All of my others had green shine and silky coats. So the idea has proven 100% with mine. TW you can get the same thing if you shine a flashlight at them when they are outside in the dark. You will be able to see the same color eye shine that will show in a photo. __________________ FlDebra and her ABCs Annie, Ben, Candy Promoting Healthy Breeding to the AKC Yorkshire Terrier Standard

10-03-2010, 02:55 PM	#34
Brooklyn'smommy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 92	I read this awhile back and always tried to determine what color Brooklyn's eye shine is in pictures. To me they always look an amber or yellow. I don't know what that means. She's 5 months old and has a pretty thick, super soft coat, but where her hair naturally parts on her back, it's very shiny and silky inside. I have no idea what she'll look like when she's full grown but boy is she cute to me. Attached Thumbnails

10-03-2010, 03:16 PM	#35
Ute White Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Brockville, On, Canada Posts: 246	Wow, that's interesting. We have some wicked pics of Merlin with green eyes. My daughter said it looks real scary. Thanks for the info, Nancy. __________________ I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am

10-03-2010, 04:16 PM	#36
lizzieg YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 537	I love this thread. I didn't know that the females showed up lighter than males. Khloe is almost 5 months and has white hair on top. She has a silky coat, but I was thinking that she may be a blonde. I wonder if this is a reason that more males are used for showing purposes (from the competitions that we've went to, I've seen more males of all breeds, so that couldn't be the only reason). Very neat! Khloe's eyes looked blue at 11 weeks. It took until about 13-14 weeks for them to show up green. __________________ "It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked." ~Haile Selassie

10-03-2010, 02:27 PM	#31
delicatepuzzle Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Orlando, FL, USA Posts: 603	BOth mine show red in pictures but have COMPLETELY different coats. Now one is a yorkshire full breed, red reflect and cotton coat (or so I think, used to be really thick and silky). The other a biewer a chocolate/biro with a silk coat and red reflect.

10-03-2010, 07:17 PM	#37
ClareNstuart Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 20	Hi there Just thought I would add, I am an eye doctor so I had to learn about the differences in animals vs human eyes. Nancy 1999 is very correct, all animals who have 'nocturnal' or night time visual needs have a tapetum lucidum. It's part of their Retina's. A human's eye is pink/red in the back thus "red eye" I have seen the tapetum lucidum during dissections and it's super pretty almost like the inside of an oyster shell! Just thought I'd add If anyone had doggy eye questions I'd be happy to help __________________ Clare 's Stuart