[Dogsinstyle]

Chili and I went to the local dog boutique yesterday. She is pushing 9 years old. I have her younger (6+) sister and neice (4) who are just as dark.
I tried to get good shots for the store owner, she has amazing dog cookies there!
Carole

 

[Evik]

That is a beautiful dog, really nice brown and the cookies, yam :hungry:

 

[cbrand]

Excellent Brown! You didn't happen to ask for the pedigree did you?

 

[Dogsinstyle]

You wouldn't expect a holding brown from this pedigree-
http://www.phrdatabase.com/cgi_bin/pp_pedigree_PHR_ext.pl?db=standards&name=Carole Janes Chili Pepper&gens=5

 

[cbrand]

Yikes! What a mess of a pedigree! I do know though that Graphic Manifesto in known for producing very dark Browns.

 

[Olie]

Very smart girl eyeing those goodies up. She looks great too.

 

[akbirdy]

What a doll. That deep brown at her age is amazing! And those look like some AWESOME doggy treats!!

 

[amerique2]

Chili's about the darkest I have ever seen. Beautiful color!!! And love her eyeing the cookies.

 

[Olie]

What do you look for in a dog that will maintain their color? The Silver, Red, Brown. I love the Silver they are so pristine!

 

[KPoos]

From what I understand it's genetic and you can't really know by just looking at a puppy.

 

[Dogsinstyle]

Sometimes you can tell if you have pups to compare.
At first blush, these all look the same, but the 2 with arrows are very dark brown. Next is a pic of Widget at 4, the pup in the middle.

 

[Buck]

Widget is gorgeous. Very nice!

 

[Pamela]

beautiful dog!

 

[Bella's Momma]

Pretty dog! She is dark.

So, what makes her pedigree a "mess?"

Still wondering what color my girly will be. For sure not a solid brown, I can tell that already.