Why green eye ???
 

Everyone know that red eye is a problem when taking pics of people who are directly in front of the camera but why are Miss Ellie's eyes green ?

Here's an explanation about eye shine and how it relates to the type of coat. It is thought that a green eye shine indicates a silky coat, and this is related to the "tapetum", that causes the metallic like shine of the yorkie coat. Their hair is not black/black when it's silky, it's more of a metallic/black that can range from grayish silver to charcoal black, but if their coat will be silky, they often have green eye shine. This green eye shine is eliminated if the picture is taken in daylight or if additional lighting is used, it's only happens if you use a flash. Your baby will probably have a beautiful silky coat.

Thank you Nancy. Couldn't have been answered better. :)

I just wanted to mention... I love it when dogs look like there smiling. Too cute.:D

Lol, he does look rather pleased with himself, he knows he's beautiful! :D

interesting info..thanks for sharing Nancy

PS great pics :)

Hmmm...now I'm going to have to try and get a picture of Rhett with the flash to figure out for sure what kind of coat he is going to have.

So if I am reading this right, Rhett will most likely have the darker silky coat. Right?

Yes, I see the green, and his coat will probably be silky, but it's hard to say how dark, from the looks of his coat right now, it looks like he will retain the darkness. Females tend to get lighter as they grow older, and especially after pregnancy, so the darkness is related to hormones I'm sure. By the way, I'm only referring to the saddle area, not his head color. His head looks like it will be the tan color, but if he's like Joey and his head may turn white first, this too is a sign of a silky coat. I think Joey was around 11 months when he turned from white headed to tan headed. It literally seemed overnight. Rhett looks like he will have a much richer gold on his face, and it's beautiful.

I have this blue reflection with Bella. It is almost impossible for me to get an indoor picture of her without it. She looks like she has lazer eyes!:eek:

Wow, those are unusual, they do have green in them but it's more of a blue green, almost aqua blue, very neat looking! I found I can eliminate it in Joey if I shine a light in his direction, you can even use a desk lamp with a 60 watt bulb shined toward his face, and it takes the flash effect away. How old is Bella, sometimes the green eye doesn't happen until over 8 months, but that looks different than the typical blue eye you get with puppies.

Those pics are 2 and 3 weeks old when she was 15 and 16 weeks. She will be 20 weeks on Thursday.

I've never seen one so young have any shine like that, this is really neat. I think you will get a different color of green as she gets older, but I'm really wondering about what her coat will be like, I'm guessing very silky. I think red shine and brown/gold shine, have cotton coats. If I were you, I'd take lots of baby pictures, that's so cool.

mine blue
 

axel eyes show up blue, so I don't know ...noticed it when he was a puppy!

I have one boxer who's eyes look blue and one boxer who's eyes look amber in pictures.

That's so beautiful, this is a neat thread, I've never see the blue shine before.

I'm not sure how it works on other breeds with eye shine relating to coat type, the link I posted only addressed yorkies.

I know you were talking about Yorkies, but thought others might like to know about the blue and amber eyes of my dogs. It looks really strange. I am very sorry if I was not suppose to talk about other dog types. Thanks for the info, though.

This is very interesting. I wonder if the type of light you are using makes a difference too. Under regular lights, Mylee's eyes look blue, but under florescent, they look more green. I couln't tell you if she has a silky coat or a cotton coat. She was white on top before turning tan (and it did seem to happen over night) Her coat appears cotton, but it looks like it might be transforming over to silky.

The first two are under regular light, the last is florescent, and they may be a couple weeks apart as far as age. She was 4 months in these pictures, and she is 7 months now. The last is a current photo to show her coat.

Oh I'm so sorry I didn't make myself more clear, I just meant I don't think you can take anything that the link stated and generalize it to other breeds and how eye shine affects coat type. For example the link implied that if a yorkie has golden or amber eyes this may mean it has a cotton coat, and not a silky coat, I don't think this information could be generalized to the boxer breed. Sorry if I didn't express myself correctly, and I hope I didn't offend you. We are allowed to talk about any breed we want to discuss. I just know a little more about the yorkie breed than other breeds. :)

Yes, the light you are using makes a difference and this is something that just shows up if a flash is used, and it can vary in intensity with different cameras. But generally speaking, blue or green shine means silky, and red and golds mean cotton. Cotton coats tend to grow faster and mat more, but puppies often mat, and you can't always tell if the coat is silk until about 6 months or so, an experienced breeder probably can.

Oh, ok, I got ya. You know she first was black, then started to turn silver, then went back to black, and is now turning silver again. If you look at her hair shaft, it looks horizontal zebra striped. It is the bottom or newest growth that is starting to appear more silky.

My new lil girl has blue eyes and even with out the light from taking her picture her eyes are blue

My little one's eyes are green when we take pictures!! This thread is so neat!! I about freaked out when hers showed up green!!!

Thanks for this info on the head colour. I was wondering where his white head went! It is a tan colour now and it did seem to just happen overnight. He just turned 1 yr. old.

Puppies eyes blue
 

The blue eyes actually show up in almost all young puppies because of the amount of 'true black' in their coats. It's not until the pups have begun to break that the "green eye shine rule" can be applied with any degree of accuracy. The general consensus is that if the pup is still showing cool tones (green/blue-green) at 8 months, the coat is indeed a true silk. Cotton coats will show red or amber (warmer) tones, and a mixed coat is often somewhere in between (yellow-green.) But the blue eyes most younger puppies exhibit really can't tell you much about the puppy's coat at all :)

now i'm going to go crazy trying to get A picture of her with her eyes glowing.

They are all beautiful!

Honestly, I've never understood the difference in coat types. Smokey's eyes have always shown up a really bright neon yellow in pictures. As a puppy he wasn't black, but a really dark charcoal gray. He is now a very pale silver (almost white) and has a lot of pale tan mixed in with it, not just tan on the legs and face. He's changing colors again and has a charcoal silver stripe down his spine. His coat was awful as a puppy. His hair would be full of horrible matts. After we cut him down real short, his hair has been amazing and doesn't matt at all. If we go awhile without bathing and brushing though, his hair get really straggly and stringy. Chip's eyes have shown up like a dark teal. He's black, even at almost 4 years old and has silver "highlights" as I call them. We keep his hair in a puppy cut, but he never matts either. His hair has always been perfect. From what I've read, the green eyes mean a silky coat and the red eyes mean a cotton coat... correct? I guess I never really understood the real difference between the coat types.

The first picture is of Chippy and in one eye you can see a dark teal color. Poor baby was actually sick when I took that picture. He was almost a year old in that picture, but he really hasn't changed all that much. The second picture was of Smokey around 8 months old before we chopped off all his puppy hair. You can see that his hair wasn't actually black, but more of a charcoal gray. The third picture was of both of them together. Chip almost a year old and Smokey about 8 months. You can see the difference in their eyes - Smokey, still showing a yellow and Chip more of a blue-green. The fourth picture was around last Christmas, so the boys were both almost 3. Smokey still has the yellow eyes, but you can see how pale silver his coat is.

From these pictures I would say Chip has a silk coat, Smokey probably has a modified coat which is a combination of silk and a soft coat. As far as their coloring that can change with yorkies throughout their life. Their color changes from puppy colors to their adult. And, then as adults age their color can change going lighter, especially a female will go lighter.