Nose changing color

Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that Mindy’s once perfect, adorable, shiny black nose has started turning brown, and it’s getting lighter and lighter on the tip. Mindy’s almost a year and a half old, so I don’t know if this is something that commonly happens in younger dogs, or what. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

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Permalink Reply by Anne G. on April 8, 2012 at 11:31am

The same thing happened to our puppy a few months ago. It is sometimes referred to as "snow nose" because it happens in winter to lighter colored dogs. Once summer comes the nose is supposed to turn black again.

Permalink Reply by Jen St. Louis on April 8, 2012 at 2:59pm

At least I know we're not alone! :) I've read about snow nose, and I wondered if it could be that. It'll be interesting to see what happens as the weather warms up.

Permalink Reply by Bobbi Park on April 8, 2012 at 1:28pm

Oddly, my "Coco" had a brown nose from birth....he's chocolate in color....I've been waiting for it to turn black, but maybe it won't....he's a little over 3 months old....bizarre

Permalink Reply by Jen St. Louis on April 8, 2012 at 3:04pm

I've only heard about noses randomly losing pigment, not going darker. But it means nothing that I haven't seen anything about it, since I've only been searching instances of noses going lighter. ;-)

It's funny, because when we went to the breeder to see Mindy, my first thought was, "Yay, she's got a black nose!" So for it to be changing 17 months after birth seems a little odd. Mindy's boyfriend, Oliver (another blonde Doodle), had a dark brown nose as a pup, and it's been getting progressively lighter - now he's even got a bit of a pink spot. I guess I'll just have to see what happens!

Permalink Reply by BRADY GOOSE MOORE (Mini Doodle on April 9, 2012 at 7:04am

I don't know about choc doodles, but I had chocolate st. poodles growing up and both had a reddish/brown nose and eye rims that remained so throughout their lives. They are so gorgeous!

Permalink Reply by Debb, Lucy & Oscar on April 8, 2012 at 5:47pm

Lucy's nose lightened up too, once she turned about 2 (I really can't say exactly when I noticed it). I keep teasing that I'm going to use a black permanent marker on it...lol. I miss the black nose. It will be interesting to see if it does darken this summer.

Permalink Reply by Jen St. Louis on April 9, 2012 at 9:13am

I keep joking about that, too - Sharpie marker or shoe polish. ;-)

Permalink Reply by Dos Doodles--Sam & Luke on April 8, 2012 at 6:43pm

LOL! I know just what you are going through! I do know that Luke's mom is a rose nose, so I am not really surprised....here's how it went for Luke...

This is what Luke's nose looked like on the day we picked him out... 6 or 7 weeks old. Nice and shiny black...

By the time we got him home at 9 weeks, his nose had some rosy spots...

Here he is at about 9 months...he looks like someone rubbed *most* of the black off his nose. We tease him and say that we are going to put shoe polish on his nose to get it back to the right color. Or we will tattoo it black...

No we won't! He's adorable to me, regardless of the color of his nose!