my dog is gettin old!!!?

Question

my dog is all black and just like last year he started to get little white hairs... is that what happens when dogs get old cuz he is about six now.

Answer 1

sure

Answer 2

I got my one girl at 18 months old and she already had a few grey hairs on her chin

Premature greying is related to genetics

The generally recognised color series (loci) in dogs are called A (agouti), B (brown), C (albino series), D (blue dilution) E (extension), G (graying), M (merle), R (roaning), S (white spotting) and T (ticking.) There may be more, unrecognised gene series, and in a given breed modifying factors may drastically affect the actual appearance. Thus one school of thought holds that the round spots on a Dalmation are due to the same gene that produces the roaned areas on a German Shorthair Pointer, but with vastly different modifiers.

G, the graying series. Although only two genes were recognised in this series by Little, this may be a more complex locus, or genes that affect graying may reside at more than one locus. The effect of G, in single or double dose, is the replacement of colored by uncolored hairs as the animal ages, very much like premature graying in human beings. This gene should be suspected in any breed where a dark puppy pales and washes out with age, and the paling is due to interspersed white hairs. The gene is almost certainly present in some Poodles, Old English Sheepdogs, and terriers. The fading may start immediately after birth or after a period of weeks to months has elapsed, and may go as far as it is going to by the first adult coat or may continue through the animal's lifetime. G may or may not be the gene involved in the graying of muzzle and over the eyes in aged dogs, or in the lightening of black to steel blue without interspersed white hairs. This is a series that definitely needs more work.

Answer 3

Dogs are a little like human and they can start to go grey around the whiskers. Like humans you can find your dog may get other ailments as they age. No un-common for a dog to start to get arthritis or other complaints. Problem is they can't talk so not always to work out what the problems are.

Answer 4

Your dog is 42 in human years. That's not old. However dogs do tend to get gray round the face as they get older.

Answer 5

For sure, grey will come in as they get older. Also watch for small,soft lumps that may develop. My last dog got them and all it was fatty tissue build up, and isn't a threat to the dog. If it grows in size, contact your vet and keep up to date with check ups.

Answer 6

Yes, When they get Gray hair it says they have some age to them.My chocolate lab is 7 and his chin is white now..Actually looks kind of cute though. But he is still as bossy and stubborn as he was at 1.But I'll keep loving him anyway...

Answer 7

yea my boyfriends dog started getting gray hairs when he was 7

Answer 8

yes but my dog started that and she was 16 yrs old before she passed on.

Answer 9

yes