Black nose Pink nose???

[necterine0]

WE noticed the other day that our white shepered's nose was a pinkish white color. This looked kind of strange to us. Her nose has always been black. Is this a warning that something may be wrong??

Please help if you know!

[gaddylovesdogs]

One of my girls has pink with black spots on her nose. It's adorable. Has he had this his whole life? If so I wouldn't worry.

[necterine0]

no his nose has always been black...it has just recently changed.

[Saje]

that is odd. I don't know if it indicates anything though.

[bubbatd]

I've known some dogs whose pigmentation changes in the winter. What color are her gums ??

[necterine0]

I just checked her gums, and they are pink.

[Renee750il]

Whites tend to have more problems than regularly pigmented dogs, so I'd call the vet on this one.

[bubbatd]

I should have said lips......jowels...sorry !!! (glad the gums are pink !!)

[LuvMyPups]

My sister's Shep/Husky/Lab mix had this happen to her....does your pup play with plastic/rubber toys? What kind of food/water dish does she have? My sister's vet said it can be a reaction to the plastic/rubber; I also believe she was drinking out of a ceramic bowl at the time. They switched her to stainless steel dishes and took away the rubber/plastic toys for a bit...her nose got a little better but she really likes the rubber squeaky toys so they just gave them back...it didn't hurt her just makes her Rudolph.. :)

Hope this helps..

[necterine0]

bubbatd


I should have said lips......jowels...sorry !!! (glad the gums are pink !!)


Her lips and around her eyes are still black. She is marked like a Poler Bear, heck she looks like a poler bear in the face, Here is either a link or a pic that you can see. Not sure how to do this, so don't know which you will get. The pic is in my signature but this one is bigger.

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luvmypups,

....does your pup play with plastic/rubber toys? What kind of food/water dish does she have? My sister's vet said it can be a reaction to the plastic/rubber;


No plastic toys. She would eat them...lol. Yes on the plastic dishes. It is a very hard plastic. But she has had those dishes for 5 years now and her nose never turned this color before. At least that we noticed!

[LuvMyPups]

No plastic toys. She would eat them...lol. Yes on the plastic dishes. It is a very hard plastic. But she has had those dishes for 5 years now and her nose never turned this color before. At least that we noticed!



Hmmmm....I know Lexie had a black nose at one point. I am not sure when it started to turn pink. So I am afraid I am not much help otherwise. Do you have a regular vet you can go to? That won't charge you an arm and a leg to just take a quick look at the nose? It could be a reaction to something else or it could just have happened. I think my vet said it can just happen to same dogs....and Lex does have some shepard in her.

I hope you can figure out what is causing it....or you might just have to start calling her Rudolph like I do to Lex...lol