what colour is your cairn?

[rileysmum]

I really all the cairns , but if I did have a choice I would steer towards the darker colours.

So did you have any idea what colour your pup would grow into ? if yes how?

What colour was your puppy ?what colour is it now?

Any chance of a photo I can't get enough!!!

Thanks

[savannahsmom35]

Savannah was brown as a pup:

Then Wheaten:

And now I think she is trying to turn silvery gray! (No pic of that yet. I will try to get one.)

Soooo.... I guess to answer your question, it seems that these pups LOVE to change colors so I guess you never really know what you are getting!!!

[MikeC]

Duffy is a red brindle but as he gets older the red is turning more of an ash blonde.

Mike

[Anna_525]

Alfie is a cream brindle (I keep on changing my mind between that and wheaten) but he's turning into a red brindle - I can tell from his stripe down his back.

[maximus'mama]

This is Max when I first got him

In my signature is Max now at almost 7 mos.

[maximus'mama]

Sorry about the size of the picture!!!

[rileysmum]

Oh the're so cute, when I tell people what kind of dog I'm getting and that cairns come in all different colours ,the first thing they ask is what colour am I getting

It's really amazing they look like completely different dogs!

Thanks guys, I seriuosly need my puppy so I can stop looking at photos

[Brody'sMom]

I love all the Cairn colors. Brody and Mia are cream/wheaten brindles. When we got Mia, she was the color she is today. Brody was definitely much darker when we first got him (he was registered as a red brindle), but he turns more silver every day. Mia's coloring hasn't changed that much. I've always been partial to the light colors, but I think the dark colors are also beautiful.

[Eliz222]

Scout was all black as a tiny puppy...changed to a grey brindle....and now has a bunch of red hair coming in. She is 3 years old.

Finch was a red brindle as a tiny puppy, and is still mostly red, although she is getting alot of wheaten color on her back and head. She is one.

I like that they change colors! Everyone gets Scout and Finch mixed up, although they look so different to me...not only the color, but Scout is taller and about 2 pounds heavier.

[Kramersmom]

My first Cairn Missy she was black brindle when we bought her. Missy stayed black all of her 17 years of life. Missy passed away this past November. Our new Cairn Kramer he has a few colors and looks just beautiful. I have never seen a cairn not look beautiful.

[Teri9672]

Tabitha is wheaten. She had some dark in her as a pup, but always stayed wheaten. At one point she was VERY blonde and now she is darkening a tad. She's 6 years old

Teona (9 months) is reddish brindle. She was Black wehn we brought her home. I hope she keeps some dark...

her first week at home with us

color changing....

last week

[wheezie23]

Zoe changed colors quite a bit before she died. Here she is as a puppy:

Then at 6 months she turned a lovely wheat color:

And this was her coat at 9 months:

Gosh, I miss her!

Thela

[Mama Kim]

This was Piper at 8 weeks:

And here she is now:

She has a slight golden red cast to her.

[Guest girliejr]

Jack was wheaten as a puppy, but he had a lot of black puppy hair. Most of that fell out and he has goten lighter and lighter with age. He is 3 1/2 now and mostly wheaten without the black he had as a baby.

[Teri9672]

This was Piper at 8 weeks:

And here she is now:

She has a slight golden red cast to her.

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Piper is Tabitha's twin

[Mama Kim]

Yes, I noticed that too.

[hallswel]

Rebel was considered red as a puppy

12 weeks

Then about a year old

and this summer

He is getting a darker red on his back and seems to be losing most of the black on his mask.

[abe's dad]

I am sorry Thela, I still miss my collie, so I can relate. It does get a bit easier as time passes. Unless I get to talking about her too much, then I mist over.

hugs

abe & scruf's mom

[toomanypaws]

I am sorry Thela, I still miss my collie, so I can relate. It does get a bit easier as time passes. Unless I get to talking about her too much, then I mist over.

hugs

abe & scruf's mom

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Zoe was beautiful, Thela. It's been three years since I lost my beloved choc. lab and the pain is still there. His memory will forever live on inside of me and so will Zoe's memory live inside of you.

As far as my cairn's colors. Kiara was black w/ some red in her as a pup. Within the first year, she lightened up on the sides w/ alot of light red, but always kept a black face. Now at 4, she's getting darker again w/ both black and red coming in on her back. Abbey, my wheaten got alot lighter but still has some black in her muzzle. Now at almost 21 mths, she has alot more red wheaten coloring coming in on her back. Hannah was black as a pup and started getting some cream/silver highlights. Now at 15 mths, she has alot of cream on her sides but has kept a black face. I'm hoping she darkens again.