Laura, the hip and loin red in your photo of Jack at 3 months is very much like this puppy only darker. I imagine that Jack's red looked like my little guy at 3 weeks. That's what I meant by red marbled with white. Well, that's a relief! If he gets any where near as dark as Jack, I'll be happy.
All the best, Susan Cochran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] newborn color for blenheims > > I have noticed many different patterns in how the red darkens in Blenheims > > and saw something new recently in a puppy that is an outcross to a > > completely different line. The red patchs on this Blenheim look like it is > > streaked with white. This is not a pure white, but the red is light and > has > > a marbled effect. The puppy is only three weeks old and the red was very > > light at birth. I'm used to dark red on Blenheim newborns so this was very > > different. Does anyone have experience with a red that is like this in > > newborns? Does it darken properly as the pup grows? > > > What color are the puppy's ears? I have found the red on the body is > always darker than the ears. In many cases these puppies end up with loads > of puppy coat--which may or may not translate into a lot of coat at > maturity. I have had lots of litters with very pale red who ended up very > rich. There is a puppy on my website (www.roycroftcavaliers.com) on the > Young Hopefuls page--Jack--who was extremely pale at birth and still very > pale at 3 months--with lots of white mixed in his red. At 6 months you can > see he is very rich, but he already has a good deal of coat coming in. > > Laura Lang > Roycroft Cavaliers > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
