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Kimbo Bimbo asked in PetsDogs · 1 decade ago

Why Does my Min Pin have stray white hairs?

Harley has stray white hairs all throughout his coat. Anyone care to venture why?

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  • anne b
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    It's a genetic thing. Nothing to worry about. Many pins get this. I have a two year old chocolate who is starting to get them on the sides of her head.

    Sometimes when they have a scrape or a small injury, the hair grows back white as well.

    Many people don't know that there is a white gene in all pins. It is recessive, and there have actually been all white minpins-not many, because they are very unhealthy. I suppose you could compare it to an albino gene.

    We call our dogs white hairs wisdom hairs.

    Source(s): minpin rescue volunteer
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