I have a shar pei girl aged 9 weeks - I need some advice on colouring if possible?

I have a beautiful shar pei girl aged just 9 weeks old but I am not sure if she will be an apricot dilute or not as she has a mixture of characteristics. At the moment she has a black nose yet her tongue is pink and lilac, her toenails are apricot and her eyes are olive. If you know about shar-pei this will make sense but if you dont know the breed it may seem a bit strange so I apologise to all non shar pei owners in advance. I guess I am trying to establish whether -


a) her nose and tongue may turn pink making her a dilute


b) whether her eyes, tongue and nails may go dark making her a fawn.


c) she will not change now and be disqualified from showing as she doesn't conform to breed standard.





I love her to bits so it doesn't matter what the result is I am just curious and you know what they say "if you don't ask you will never know".....





Thank you in anticipation





Glyn

I have a shar pei girl aged 9 weeks - I need some advice on colouring if possible?
on my understanding of the breed-i read breed specialist books on them and asked questions about them to established show breeders-the tongue, roof of mouth, gums and lips, should be solid blue-black. a solid pink tongue is undesirable. dogs with self-coloured pigment and amber or light brown eyes would be expected to have a solid lavender tongue, nose is preferably black but any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible. eyes dark, but amber and lighter colours are permissible in paler shades. it does sound like she has what is termed a 'flowered' tongue but if she has a black nose her mouth and tongue pigment should be black also, so it sounds like she will be 'C' on your question.
Reply:I'm sorry but i have never heard of that breed. !! sounds beautiful. good luck with her and hope you get the advice you need.
Reply:I have a 14week Shar Pei X golden retriever i got him at 5weeks and his tongue was pink with blue patches, now its fully blue so they do change colour. They are just the cutest dogs ever :o)
Reply:goood luck gal
Reply:The nose will not change from black to pink, i dont think that many things will change re colourings at this point. The most change occurs when they are less than 3 weeks old.





how are her eyes? our lilac had no end of problems with entopia !!
Reply:Hi there - bet she is gorgeous!


Her colouring is not breed standard and she won't change now that she is this age. The colouring of everything except eyes is pretty much clear from early days. The eye colour comes through by 5-6 weeks.
Reply:If you bought the animal from a REPUTABLE BREEDER,the color will listed on the registration papers!





If you DIDN'T...it's just junk %26amp; color is the least of it's problems.



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