Thursday, February 18, 2010

THE COLORS OF WHEATEN

Some of you have asked
if all of the puppies are Wheatens
and if they will change colors.
To answer that question,
yes they are all
Wheaten Scottish Terriers
and they will darken some as their
adult coat comes in.


Piper,
who is the sire of these puppies,
is a very red Wheaten.
It's hard to tell in his pictures,
just how dark he is.
The darkest part of their fur
is the part that is next to the skin.
After seeing Sadie's great grooming,
we see that we have a long way to go.
If Mom stripped us more,
Piper would be very red.


This shows the difference
of Piper and Carrleigh.
Piper is the one in the swimming pool
and Carrleigh is thinking about jumping in.



In the snow,
it's easier to see the difference.
Carrleigh is more the color of a toasted marshmallow
and Piper is more of a strawberry blond.


The puppies are three Wheaten shades.
There are 2 light ones,
3 dark ones
and 4 who are in between.

The darkest ones now
are about the color of peanut butter,
which is very dark for a Wheaten Scottie
and that is the color that Mom finds most desirable.
It depends on the person
as to which color you prefer.
There is no color that is better
than the other according to the judges.

To see about all of the
AKC recognized color of Scotties,
please go to this post.


XOXO
The Rocky Creek Gang

24 comments:

Mollie Jo and Bobo said...

Well we think they are all the perfect color and cute as bugs in rugs.


Wags and Licks,
Mollie Jo & Bobo

BRUTUS said...

They are all variations on one common theme: adorable!!

Snorts-
Brutus the Frenchie

Lucy-Fur, as typed by Dr. Liz said...

Color, schmolor. They are all cute! (Although it is interesting that you guys darken as you get older - we poodle types tend to get lighter as we get older... I started off very red, and now I'm a dark apricot. Abby is apricot now, and will likely end up as a light apricot.)

*kissey face*
-Fiona

Angus said...

My what a mass of puppies. You are very brave / efficient to be able to blog so efficiently with all those new mouths to feed.

the magic sleigh said...

Woooos! Thanks for the info and the beawootiful pictures of puppies! They are all so cute! My Mum likes the light colored ones....
-Kira TheBeaWootiful

The Adventures of the LLB Gang said...

We love the picture of Carrleigh and her babies!!

Smileys!
Dory

The WriggleButts said...

They all look super cute and we're so happy one little girl is named after Angel Snickers - we're sure she'll be just as sweet and beautiful as her name sister.

Bajas

Sierra Rose said...

Cutie pies in all colors!! Great set of photos, and love the color range! Looks like they come in raincoat colors too?? :)

Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
Sierra Rose

Scooter said...

They are all so cute no matter what color they are. Now we know what you are doing with any spare time that you have :-)

Give Jasmine a kiss for us.
wags
jazzi

tammy said...

They are all pretty, no matter what shade or color. And they all will have their own unique personalities. That is what counts most. Little cupcakes...

ScrapsofMe said...

They are soooooo flippin cute! I am light wheaten like Carrleigh, but have a reddish streak down my back. I suspect if I was handstripped, the red would show up more. On the other hand, I'm kinda wiggly as it is, I don't think I could tolerate much of that pulling on my furrs. She does my furnishings sometimes, and I'm not so happy when she does. Sending soft woofie kisses to the puppies..kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss and one more to grow on...KISS!

Bonnie

Unknown said...

Excuse me! I realize the post must go on, but did anybody notice a pup about to take a dive? Get him! Phew, good thing I stopped by when I did :)
Twink!

quiltlion said...

They are just too cute!! I remember when my Snowy was small. Lyn G

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Thanks fur sharing the kholours of wheaten with us!

No matter how they are kholoured, they are KHUTE!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

Molly the Airedale said...

Each Wheaten Scottie is cuter than the next! Mom wants to know if you get anything done or if you play with puppies all day long?! Our mom would be playin'!

Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch

Martine said...

We love all the colors!!

They are just so cute, we love seeing the pups with their mom!!!

xo martine & the kiddlets

PS: we were amazed with sadie's tail! We never realized what neat little tail you scotties have!!

Two French Bulldogs said...

We wish mom would stop making baby noises when she looks at those teenie things
ok, they are adorable
Benny & Lily

Smushie Ranch said...

We're with everyone else, we LOVE all the colors. At first I'm drawn to the darker ones, then I think the light ones are... oh geez they're all beautiful!

Shannon and the Gang

Dexter said...

They are all just lovely. I was always stripey and PeeWee was always black, but I have heard that some doggies such as yourself change colors as they grow up which is really cool.

Slobbers,
Mango

animal lover, quilt lover said...

I agree with Shannon, at first I am attracted to the darker, then the lighter ones, oh all of them attract me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said it earlier, I love dogs!! They'er my people!!!
Kiss everybody for me, Fern

Scottie the 'Cutie' said...

Sorry for not visiting for such a long time! I can't believed I missed out on naming the puppies...they're too cute! Congrats, Piper and Carrleigh! I think any color would be great..it's the love from the dog that counts, right? *wink*

Scottie

YankeeQuilter said...

I love how you lined them up in the top photo from light to dark...too cute!

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

We wondered who the proud Daddy was, congrats to Piper. All the Wheaten colors are beautiful. We just love seeing all those babies. Life is busy here with Ciara so we may not be able to comment as often as we would like but we will try to do the best we can.

Have a great weekend.

Woos, Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara

TwoSpecialWires said...

Those puppies are simply precious. We wish we could nuzzle them.

Love
Jake and Fergi and family xxxxoooo

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