Anyone Have A Grey That Changed It's Spots?

[Guest Greyhound_Lilly]

My girl Lilly is a 2 year old ex-racer (we had her 5 months) - white with some big red spots. I've noticed recently that she's been developing little patches of red here and there. It's the hair itself and doesn't appear to be in the skin (she does have ticking all over though). I heard greys turn a bit white in the face with age, but nothing about growing new spots! Anyone experience this? Could it be diet, the seasons, allergies?

Thanks!

 

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[Guest BlueCrab]

Trixie is always growing new spots - particularly on her bald tummy!

[GreytHoundPoet]

Lorelei keeps getting new spots, or ticking rather. A lot of them do keep getting small spots.

[turbotaina]

Yes - ticking gets darker as they age

[Guest Greyhound_Lilly]

Yes - ticking gets darker as they age

 

See that's the thing - it's the hair that's changing color to red - not the skin.

[PrairieProf]

Yes, I was told by folks here that Beth's ticking would become more prominent with time. Recently a friend saw her for the first time in several months and immediately commented that she looked spottier -- I'd sort of been thinking the same thing myself but wasn't sure. It's especially prominent over her lower back. (She just turned three; maybe ages 2-3 is a prime spot-forming age??)

Edited March 25, 2009 by PrairieProf

[Guest EMcElfresh]

Even my chihuahua Pepper has gotten more spots on her nekkid belly over the year I have had her. I don't know why it happens.

[Guest simile]

Chloe is white with red just on her head. She's two and a half, and is starting to develop faint little red spots along her sides. It's really cute.

[Ozziemydoggy]

When we first adopted Argo and Icarus, both of them became significantly lighter. It didn't have anything to do with the sun, their coats just got lighter.

[Guest simile]

Chloe is white with red just on her head. She's two and a half, and is starting to develop faint little red spots along her sides. It's really cute.

[Josie]

Tuffy just turn 7 and there's more tiking in is white... but now the new ticking are more grey then dark

[SPDoggie]

Ruby has way more speckles that when we got her... just a year and a half's time

[Guest Greyhound_Lilly]

Chloe is white with red just on her head. She's two and a half, and is starting to develop faint little red spots along her sides. It's really cute.

 

YES! That's exactly what Lilly's got - I guess it's just a normal thing then.

[Jiffer]

Yup, Uber came to us.. his white was pure stark white. It's now thoroughly ticked with brindle spots. I keep teasing him that he feels like the odd duck so he's slowly becoming brindle to match everyone else.

 

 

My other theory is that as his face goes white, the colour is travelling.

[Guest crazy4greys]

Yes. Winnie is getting more and more black ticking. I am waiting for her to completely turn black!

[Sighthounds4me]

Sighthounds are good at that. If they have the gene for ticking, you will see more and more as they get older.

 

My Cooper, though not a Grey, is a perfect example. When he came to us at 16 months old, he had some ticking on his otherwise white legs. But now 6 years old, his legs are very heavily ticked.

 

It's VERY normal, and expected, so nothing to worry about! Kind fun, actually!

[fourofem]

Stel is 8 now and she gets "spottier" by the year!!! I see the same thing happening with Hitch...he's 4 now so who knows what he'll look like when he's 8!!!!

[Cully]

I have always known that Gracie was strange. She is getting lighter as she gets older.

 

This was shortly after she came to our house. 5yrs ago

 

This was about a month ago.