Changing Color, Normal?

[Verminator]

I got a new puppy a little over a week ago. When I brought her home she was roughly 8 weeks old (can't tell for SURE because she was from a shelter and the pups weren't born there). She is a German Shepherd (mix, maybe). Her mother was also at the shelter and she definately looked to be a pure breed GSD, but no idea about the father. When I brought her home she was almost completely tan, except for a black mask and a little black on her tail. Now her entire back is turning black and it is moving down her sides a little bit. If this color gets a little darker she will look an aweful lot like her mother (or any other GSD). I am just wondering if it is normal for a puppy's colors to change a little as they mature?

 

[TheWonderPuppies]

Yes it is as they change from there puppy coat to there adult coat they will change she wil be at her adult color around 4-6 months at least all of mine were

 

[fillyone]

To this:

Usually done with most of the color changes by the time they're 3 years old

 

[jess2416]

I got a new puppy a little over a week ago. When I brought her home she was roughly 8 weeks old (can't tell for SURE because she was from a shelter and the pups weren't born there). She is a German Shepherd (mix, maybe). Her mother was also at the shelter and she definately looked to be a pure breed GSD, but no idea about the father. When I brought her home she was almost completely tan, except for a black mask and a little black on her tail. Now her entire back is turning black and it is moving down her sides a little bit. If this color gets a little darker she will look an aweful lot like her mother (or any other GSD). I am just wondering if it is normal for a puppy's colors to change a little as they mature?

I have a shepherd mix too and she had a little black on her muzzle and ears and back but mostly tan and now its starting to get blacker in those areas and covering more than the tan did. I'll try to find a early picture of when I brought her home.

 

[Gempress]

Yes, the coat will change. When we first got Zeus, he was a pale yellowish blonde color with black mask. But his coat eventually changed. Now he's more of a creamy beige, and his mask has darkened as well.

LoL, my husband rolled his eyes at the change and said "Drat. Isn't is just like a 'natural blonde' to actually be a brunette."

 

[jess2416]

LoL, my husband rolled his eyes at the change and said "Drat. Isn't is just like a 'natural blonde' to actually be a brunette."

LOL

 

[skyeblue]

it was the opposite for me our puppies were light brown with black faces but they all changed to completely brown so I think it is a normal thing

 

[Verminator]

I figured that this was normal, but I just wanted to make sure. When our other dog was a puppy this didn't happen. He was all tan then and is still the same now.

 

[Pug Heaven Kennels]

i think she looks exacly like a purebred!

 

[lpollockandrsn]

A lot of breeds develop color as they get older. Jack Russels, dalmations, other multicolored breeds get their freckles and colors in the first year of life. Watch what develops!