Teddy Dog (Detailed Introduction)

        Usually, Teddy dogs have solid-colored coats, such as red, brown, and so on, but some owners may find that their Teddy has several or even a patch of white hair on their body, which has some impact on their overall appearance. So why does a red Teddy have white hair, what causes these mixed hairs to grow on them?

        1. The white hair on a red Teddy dog may be caused by pigment deposition issues or genetic inheritance problems, unrelated to the dog's diet or raising methods. Some say that having mixed colors does not mean your dog is not purebred; it’s just that pigment deposition differences cause the Teddy to have white hair.

        2. In fact, except for white dogs, most dogs will undergo fading. So even pure red Poodles will fade. Therefore, you will find that as the Teddy dog grows up, its hair color will gradually become lighter and lighter. When the Teddy enters old age, it will slowly grow white hair, and the previously red hair will gradually turn grayish white. Note, this is an inevitable process of the Teddy dog’s growth, just like humans grow white hair as they get old.

        3. The occurrence of atavism can also cause mixed hair on your dog’s coat, because we do not know what kind of dogs their ancestors were. It is very likely that some ancestral traits appear in this generation, resulting in changes to their coat.

        Therefore, white hair growth in dogs is not a big problem and does not affect their health. Moreover, even if some dogs grow white hair, once the coat is shaved off, the newly grown hair will return to its original color, so there is no need to worry too much.