Chow Chow color
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Chow Chow color
Hello, I have a 12 week old chow chow thats a medium brown color but his paws , ears, and face is a dark orangy color. Could someone please let me know why he has 2 different colors going on.
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Re: Chow Chow color
Sounds almost like a shaded red from the description. Could you post a picture to actually see what you're talking about?
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How do I upload s pic on this forum so you can see what im talking about?
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Re: Chow Chow color
What color would he be considered? See his face and paw color?
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Gougeous pup I would say cinimmon is the pup full chow?
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Yes he is full chow. Ive had some say he was cinnamon and some say red. What are the characteristics of red vs cinnamon?
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Why is his face, ears, and paws darker than the rest of his body?
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Looks red to me, bit reds and cinnamons are so close in color...
There's not much of a difference in the color of his face and paws, but it looks normal. That's gonna most likely be his adult coat color when he loses all the fluffy puppy wool.
There's not much of a difference in the color of his face and paws, but it looks normal. That's gonna most likely be his adult coat color when he loses all the fluffy puppy wool.
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This is a more recent picture of him. Hes 13weeks on this picture. Does he look like he will be red or cinnamon when hes an adult?
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Looks like a red to me.
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Most likely red. What do his papers say? His color should be listed.
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Re: Chow Chow color
Looks red to me. Earlier thought was cinnamon, but the most recent photo shows red... Plus, he's as cute as can be!!!
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There are light reds and dark reds and he would be light red and maybe cinimon. Dark red tend to have a very dark coat as pups.
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Re: Chow Chow color
Lighter red to cinnamon. Dark reds will have a black undercoat. They will usually start with a black muzzle as well.
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What ever his color you should enjoy him for what he is. Any shade of Black, Red, Cream, Blue or Cinnomon is fine with me, I do not discriminate. Looks like he has been altered by his shaved abdomen. When picking up your puppy use one hand under the chest behind the front legs and the other hand on his bottom while having the front end elevated higher than the back end. I saw the Puppy holding technique in the Book of Chows.
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It is nice to have a choice though. When picking up your puppy you want to try and support the spine as best a possible. Get them use to it now and it will be easier when they are adults.
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Thanks for the help and advice
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I say cinnamon, most people will buy puppies that were told are red but turn out to be cinnamon. We have had 3 chows but never at the same time and were told they were all red. Brutus is the only one that could be called red, our second chow had a black mask like Brutus but turned out to be definitely cinnamon. So the black mast isn't the best way to tell the adult coat color. As for the different shades of colors, very common on red and cinnamon chows.