I think maybe some of you have an idear.One of my bitches loose pigment in the muzzle aera every time starting in November.By the time,when it is spring Feb/March she is totally black again. Any idear what causes this or what to do to prevent this from starting. I do give some natural tablets out of seaweed etc..This stuff does not really help with the pigment,but it gives my bitches coat and orange color.LOL.Looks great by the way.

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2000

Answers

I know the condition you are talking about - I have always known it to be called `winter nose`! I shall see what I can find out about it! (:o)

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2000

I hav'nt had this before.I show this one in the wrong time and the judge stated that my dog is a liver and through her out of the ring.LOL Thank good she has the breed permission where they wrote that she had excellent black pigment. Otherwise it has knocked me down. I just thought that this must have it's heritage somewhere.Who knows?

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2000

How odd!! I was assuming your dog had only lost some pigmentation on the nose - liver dogs have paler pigmentation everywhere. Perhaps the judge did not look closely enough, or the lighting was bad? (:o)

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2000

She is getting lighter in the black but just at this time of the year and only in this parts. If you look at her you can see the has black spots on the stomach and between the paw etc. she is dark black. I don't know what was wrong with the judge.It is true that she get lighter but she is not a liver.

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2000

I`ve asked everyone I know about this, and they all say the same - `oh, it`s just winter nose!` I am assuming that it is some kind of vitamin deficiency which the lack of sunshine causes. I wouldn`t worry too much about it Brigitte - it just seems like the judge has never hear of this condition!(:o)

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

I do not worry to much as she is always getting a complet black nose again in Spring.I just thought someone might know,what causes this. But thanks for trying to help.

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Just out of interest, my little Mrs. Miggins is suffering with `winter nose` at the moment.(:o)

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2001

Welcome in the club and my Skunny is getting her nose back to black.LOL As i said it is just for few weeks or not longer than three mónths. Thankfully non of her offspring show up with this.

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2001

Hi Brigitte - what`s really odd is that we haven`t had a really cold winter, but we have had a very wet, and therefore cloudy winter. So is it lack of sunshine? (:o)

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2001

we having cold weather at the moment- -12'C and we made a decision to stuck together in the bed.LOL.hard times to get just an peace of the plaid as shih tzu are damned clever.Mighty the boss prefer his water heating bottle on his back.He is the 2 shih tzu which i own,who went in bed with this heater.Not to say that they don't want to move out in the garden.We saw your weather problem on TV,does it affect many breeders of shih tzu

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2001