my labs changed colour

[keira View keira's Profile Find keira's Posts Find keira's Threads Send keira a message E-Mail keira]

I got Eddie six years ago and he had a lovely black coat until about 3 years ago when he went grey around his mouth and on his belly, recently though his fur on his legs have been going ginger does anyone know why? thanks x

[Andy View Andy's Profile Find Andy's Posts Find Andy's Threads Send Andy a message E-Mail Andy]

How old is eddie, you say you've had him 6 years, did you get him from a pup, all dogs go grey round the mouth as they get older.
is he moulting a lot as this could explain the colour change to his legs.
Our lab trixies nose changes colour, she sometimes has a complete pink nose other times she'll have black splodges.
I'm moving this to lab chat as i think its more appropriate there

[keira View keira's Profile Find keira's Posts Find keira's Threads Send keira a message E-Mail keira]

thanks yeah I got him as a puppy and he moults every summer and winter

[Andy View Andy's Profile Find Andy's Posts Find Andy's Threads Send Andy a message E-Mail Andy]

could you provide a picture of the legs that are changing colour would be interesting to see.
And welcome to lab-lovers forgot to say that earlier.

[keira View keira's Profile Find keira's Posts Find keira's Threads Send keira a message E-Mail keira]

ok this is a picture of a patch on his leg, not very clear though..

[Andy View Andy's Profile Find Andy's Posts Find Andy's Threads Send Andy a message E-Mail Andy]

Does he lie out in the sun at all as the sun may have bleached his fur, or he may have chocolate genes and he has a bit of a chocolate coat coming through I've seen a pup that was born black and chocolate.

[keira View keira's Profile Find keira's Posts Find keira's Threads Send keira a message E-Mail keira]

his mum was a chocolate lab so that might be it, he normally lies in the shade if its hot :L ty x

[Andy View Andy's Profile Find Andy's Posts Find Andy's Threads Send Andy a message E-Mail Andy]

No problems, some one else may make a comment about it.
In the meantime enjoy the rest of the forum and feel free to enter eddie in lab of the month http://lab-lovers.com/Thread-October-201...-the-month

[3labs View 3labs's Profile Find 3labs's Posts Find 3labs's Threads Send 3labs a message E-Mail 3labs]

His mum being a chocolate will have no bearing on it - he will carry the chocolate gene but it will not have any bearing on his coat colour which is black. The colour you can see is simply his undercoat showing through. The undercoat of blacks is usually brown undercoat. Normally you wouldn't notice it, but when they moult it shows through.
A good brush should bring it out.

[Andy View Andy's Profile Find Andy's Posts Find Andy's Threads Send Andy a message E-Mail Andy]

I thought it may have something to with the undercoat thanks for confirming, hence my comment about moulting.