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My red setter is going grey.

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  • 09-03-2007 12:02pm
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    Archeron
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    Just wondering if there is a normal age at which a dog starts to go grey? I've a red setter, and he is only 5, and he has the face of a 90 year old with all these grey hairs all over the place, and those really funny looking old man eyelashes that stick out about 5 inches. Is this premature ageing, or is this normal enough?


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    Tabitharose
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    my 5 year old lab is going grey around her mouth & chin - I'd consider it normal enough - some dogs in my experience go grey earlier than others - just like us ;)


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    TerrorFirmer
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    It does sound a bit unusual but it just varies from dog to dog. I used to have a red setter and he had no grey hairs at all.

    Although my friends dogs started going grey at the age of about 2, she now has a full beard of it....


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    Ruu_Old
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    Dogs are considered to be seniors at around 6 or 7 but it varies with breeds and stress level.


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    Archeron
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    aaah, stress levels, that could explain it. He's very placid and really timid, and the slightest thing gives him awful frights. (One time he turned around and there was a bird in his water bowl, and he visibly jumped with fright) so maybe that explains it.


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