DOODLE STAINING...

[Chels*Claud*Midas]

hey guys quick question...how come a lot of doodles get a brownish reddish staining aroudnt he mouth and beard?? and also...i see a lot of doodle with brown noses (so cute!) are they born with brown noses or do some black noses turn brown?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

JD's nose also turned brown somewhere between 14-18 months, but he has very black lips that stayed black. His nose also gets lighter and more rose colored in cold weather.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Staining- ours comes and goes.  They get wet-mouthed a lot and it promotes the stained mouths.  HARMLESS and no big deal.  Here is a real bad one. Not the best photo but you get the idea

[Lee Seidman]

We were told and in fact it seems to work that filtered water tends to reduce staining. We give our guys filtered water. They still stain but not nearly as much.

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

Luna has "snow nose" - and since we have about 6 months of really cold weather here her nose actually spends most of its time being pinkish brown.  There are only about 2 months in the Summer when her nose returns to being its "natural" black colour.

Summer nose:

Winter nose:

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Perfect example J & Luna

[BG and Gavin]

Gavin's nose was black for the first year, but lightened up and although it gets a little darker over the summer, it has never gone back to black.  Now it is kind of a "nude" colour.