Could you possibly post pics of before and after of FiFI's leg, just to show the difference and where it is exactly changed.I was looking a some pictures of FiFi when she was younger.... It seems like her rear legs were full black then, and now there's more rust on the side that should be all black...I think someone asked a while ago about the fur on the base of the ears loosing color, but I can't remember what the responses said.
Help, anyone?
Could you possibly post pics of before and after of FiFI's leg, just to show the difference and where it is exactly changed.
Exactly -- does it affect them in the conformation ring?I think I know what they're asking about, although it's hard to explain or visualize. On some dogs, you'll see what almost looks like a brownish stripe that extends from just above the hock joint to the front of the rear leg.
I don't know exactly why it happens, but it's not uncommon and it doesn't seem to get any worse.
I wouldn't worry about it. It's not at all unusual to see dogs with this in the ring, and I can't see where it holds them back at all.Exactly -- does it affect them in the conformation ring?
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I think AT MOST it would be considered a very minor cosmetic issue. Virtually every show dog I can think of has at least one fault more serious than that..there are way bigger fish to fry in the ring.Only that it kind of breaks the flow of the line of the rear legs...
Well that's good to hear.... FiFi has those big rust markings in her "elbow pits" too, and I was told they grow into them, so they dissapear. Some dye them when at shows, just because it can be too distracting.I think AT MOST it would be considered a very minor cosmetic issue. Virtually every show dog I can think of has at least one fault more serious than that..there are way bigger fish to fry in the ring.
When Razzle was a younger bitchette, she had a marking oddity that I thought was far more distracting, and even that did very little to hold her back. At that point she had a lot of rust on the back of her elbows, as well as a rust patch on her brisket right underneath where her elbows laid. You didn't notice it too much when she was stacked, but when she was gaited, you saw the rust patches under her elbows right away. I thought it was pretty unsightly. That's basically gone away as she matured, but she picked up Best Puppy at three specialties and a 3 point major while the marking aberration was present.
Razzle is the only puppy I've ever had that went through the "orange armpit" experience, but it did go away over time with her. All that's left now is a really, really thin line of rust on the very edge of her elbow, but you have to look pretty closely to see it.Well that's good to hear.... FiFi has those big rust markings in her "elbow pits" too, and I was told they grow into them, so they dissapear.
A friend has been sending me some old pictures, and a couple of them showed a dog with this very problem. So I figured I'd post them so everyone could see what we've been talking about.I was looking a some pictures of FiFi when she was younger.... It seems like her rear legs were full black then, and now there's more rust on the side that should be all black...I think someone asked a while ago about the fur on the base of the ears loosing color, but I can't remember what the responses said.
Help, anyone?
