Shihtzu come in all shapes, sizes and color but their heart is just the same, Warm and full of love. 🥰
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Blue nose and Blue paws. 🐾
2 week old
Determining Shih Tzu Colors ~
There are 3 different types of noses in a shih tzu to determine pigment color.
1. Black nose (the most common shih tzu, you see these everywhere)- if the shih tzu has a black nose black eye rims, lips, pads, then you only go by the color of the coat to determine what color the dogs is.
** The Exotic and Rares**( the next 2, the color of the dog is determined by what color the nose is)
2. Liver- ( an Exotic Color ) If the shih tzu has a liver (brown/chocolate) nose, eye rims, lips, pads, it is a Liver Shih Tzu, it doesn't matter what color the coat is on these dogs its still a liver. anything except black. It cannot have a strand of black anywhere to be a liver.
3. Blue- ( A Rare Color),
most people have never seen these,
( only a few breeders produce these ) Sometimes blue can be tricky and hard to determine, Some noses are obvious and are light purpleish blue or light grey, but some are a real dark gunmetal grey and you may think its black. Most blue shih tzu's have grey eye rims, grey lips and foot pads. Some I have seen have a blue tint to their skin in some spots. A blue shih tzu can have any color coat. Just because the coat on a dog looks blue does NOT make it a blue shih tzu. Go by the Nose. You can tell the colors better in bright light outdoors. Compare a blue nose to a black nose to see the difference.
Both the Color Liver and Blue are dilute genes. You MUST have a Blue or Liver Shih Tzu or a carrier(parents, grandparents) to produce those colors.
4. ISABELLA(Extremely RARE COLOR)
(Lilac, Lavendar/Blue)
In order for a dog to be dilute it must have the genotype dd. A dog which is Dd or DD will
have normal pigment(Black). The same dilution gene that causes a black dog to become blue also causes a liver dog to become isabella (aka lilac), which is a pale greyish/blueish brown. Dilution(blue) and liver are both recessive and relatively rare, so Isabella i
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