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Old 16-02-2009, 05:39 PM
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Bought these two aswell as two others the others are a black and a husky hooded, but i am unsure with these two.





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Depending on eye colour, the first is either topaz (ruby eyed) or silver fawn (pink eyed) and the second is champagne
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Old 16-02-2009, 05:59 PM
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both have pink eyes, just checked lol
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Silver fawn and champagne hooded.
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Then the darker one is a silver fawn and the lighter is a champagne Basically, a silver fawn is an agouti with the pink eye gene and a champagne is a black with the pink eye gene
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Then the darker one is a silver fawn and the lighter is a champagne Basically, a silver fawn is an agouti with the pink eye gene and a champagne is a black with the pink eye gene
What does that mean in simple terms or is that simple terms? lol

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edit- doesn't matter just re- read it lol

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Your SFH looks like my Mitilda
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i didn't know what silver fawn was i thought it was just fawn lol
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there lovely little blue boy will be happy
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Silver just means there are white hairs throughout the coat
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