White freckles and white spots

[StateOfMine]

Flint has three little white freckles on his cheek and they've been there for some time. And I mean white fur, not bumps on skin. I also noticed he has two little white spots on his neck too. He didn't have these about 6 months ago. If I get into conformation, are they disqualifiers? He wasn't born with them. I'm not sure why that's happening.

 

[StateOfMine]

You can see the white freckles on his cheek here. The white spots are where the ecollar is currently. Its usually higher on the neck but it slides sometimes.

 

[GennyB]

I'm not sure why that's happening

It's not unusual at all. If he gets a little scrape or something that removes his hair in that spot it will often come back as white.

 

[Gelcoater]

It's not unusual at all. If he gets a little scrape or something that removes his hair in that spot it will often come back as white.

Yep, Rocky had a couple. They did go back to black eventually but it was over a year for it to happen.

 

[Rits]

Won't cause any issues in conformation. Just scar hairs.

 

[remy]

The white hairs aren’t uncommon for them to get after an injury to the area.

In conformation those hairs won’t be an issue. Doberman are allowed to have a white patch on the chest up to 1/2 square inch. Anything larger than that would be faulty.

 

[BernadetteRe]

Flint has three little white freckles on his cheek and they've been there for some time. And I mean white fur, not bumps on skin. I also noticed he has two little white spots on his neck too. He didn't have these about 6 months ago. If I get into conformation, are they disqualifiers? He wasn't born with them. I'm not sure why that's happening.









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