Spots/Freckles

[raygur]

Bridget is 15 months old and I notice she is getting more spots/freckles on her belly and legs and they are getting darker. Someone actually asked me if she was part Dalmation the other day !!
Is this typical of the boxer?

 

[gmacleod]

Are the spots on her white areas? Pigment spots on the skin are pretty usual and increase with age.

 

[raygur]

Yes the spots are only on her white areas.
Thanks for the answer and now I know what they are called!!!

 

[Addie Girl]

Addie is reverse brindle (about 8 mo now! My how the time flies). She has spots all over her white chest and belly. With all the spots and stripes we call her the party dog

 

[northernboxr]

When Riker first started getting his spots, I thought they were sticky patches with dirt on them (that's what they really looked like!)

I tried to scrub them off haha... the more he got, the more they came to resemble freckles and I stopped trying to wash the poor little guy. Now I love his freckle belly, I just wasn't expecting it!

 

[Jan]

When Moto came home he didn't have any spots. Now he has lots and he is only eight months old. I can't believe he is eight months old already.

 

[whitedaisy]

My perfectly "spotless" Daisy now has spots everywhere!! And they came on so fast; I think they double every day. I anticipate her being "spotted" to perfection very soon!

 

[leeshie45]

I was just going to start a thread about this until I saw this one. Champ is almost 2. When I got him, he didn't have any spots at all, and now there's about 15 on his white chest.
So this will just increase with age?

 

[ELubas]

My boy is five and a half and they have definetely increased as he has gotten older.

 

[Widges]

When we got Billy nearly 1 year ago he did not have any spots on his white chest - he now has loads. My children call them his happy spots!!!