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CandyCrest
House Broken

Joined: 16 Mar 2007
Posts: 196
Location: UK

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:55 am Post subject: Showing & Colour
Hi all Just a nosey question from me really. How do those of you that show hl Cresteds keep their colour from looking nice and dark instead of washed out during the winter months when our dog can no longer top up their tans!?!?!

Chelsey
Admin
Admin

Joined: 19 Dec 2005
Posts: 15000
Location: Indiana

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:14 am Post subject:
I don't. They are washed out in the winter!

Ankhu IGs
Canine Good Citizen

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 287
Location: Colorado

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

i am often asked how i keep my HL cresties so dark in the winter without tanning them constantly. I put them out...even in the dead cold of winter, without a coat. The little bit of sunlight there is DOES keep them pretty dark. If i am showing one, i do have a tanning set up with a sunlamp, and i use that for 10 min a day on whoever is showing, for about 2 weeks before the show. Those not showing get popped into the tanning setup about once a week for 10 min.

I have had other CC folks near me, send me their dogs to tan in the winter because they cannot get them as tanned as i can. I just make sure i put them out when the sun is at its best for them...AND...i supplement their food with kelp. It really does help darken the tan.

DE
Admin

Joined: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 24341
Location: some place out of the ordinary

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:00 am Post subject:
I don't know how cold it gets in a Colorado winter but I could not imagine putting myself out even for 10 minutes without any clothes on at all for a tan and if I won't do it, I won't let my dogs do it either. I have found they do get some color even through the glass when sun is available.

Ace
Her Royal Nakedness

Joined: 29 Dec 2005
Posts: 16361
Location: Constantly wishing for spring

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:41 am Post subject:
Yeah... Morgan would find that torture to be out in the cold for even 3 minutes without a coat! lol. She fades, but any sun coming in the windows is more than enough to get her tanned up again. I thought tanning booths- and/or set-ups - were deemed dangerous for people. Wouldn't that hold true for dogs too?

GrandCynth
Forever With Nakeds

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 12973
Location: California

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:
After losing my Elvis this past June, to a dermal (sun induced) hemangiosarcoma, I don't care if any of mine ever tan again, period! I can't fathom forcing them outside in the dead of winter without protective clothing on either....can't imagine it would take long to get frostbite on a little dog's ears, tail, or feet!

Ankhu IGs
Canine Good Citizen

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 287
Location: Colorado

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject:

DE wrote:

I don't know how cold it gets in a Colorado winter but I could not imagine putting myself out even for 10 minutes without any clothes on at all for a tan and if I won't do it, I won't let my dogs do it either.
I have found they do get some color even through the glass when sun is available.

It gets below freezing, and it snows. My CC never go out with coats on. In fact, most of them race out the door, to run and play in the snow. I do sometimes have to holler at them to come in. All my dogs go out potty without coats, in the snow. They sniff around, do their business....give a quick run around the yard and come back in. Only time they really HATE being out, is if it is blowing and snowing at the same time...THEN they are fast, but even that little bit of natural light...works.!

I know some local folks that put coats on their dogs and they come to shows looking like they have a coat on. The skin is horrible, because it never gets a chance to breath OR get any natural sunlight. My dogs have phenominal skin. Smooth silky and minimal blemishes. Full furnishings that are also healthy and glossy. Alot of this i attribute to the time they spend outside ...all year round.

Chelsey
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Joined: 19 Dec 2005
Posts: 15000
Location: Indiana

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

My dogs have completely blemish free skin that is lovely and silky as well, I do not tan them or have them go outside in the snow with no coats. I do not ever leave clothes on my dogs inside all the time as that can make oil build up, but I always put coats on my dogs when its very cold out. If its in the 40s or 50s then I don't worry about it, but you better believe if there is snow they will have a jacket on. I don't think that putting a coat on a dog for a few minutes a day to go out in the snow would hurt their skin in anyway. And if you are already tanning them with lamps I don't think you would need to worry about them getting a coat line?

All the dogs around here are washed out in the winter, its winter and the judges know that. I always think it seems weird to see a really tan dog at a show when all the others are in their winter colors and its snowing out.

Indiana's mom
Unicorn Maiden

Joined: 21 May 2006
Posts: 12292
Location: In a pond of Lotus Flowers

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject:

I know some people send their dogs down to Florida and Texas and other warm locations in the winter to get them nice and tan for bigger shows.

My girls now spend the same amount of walking time in the winter and summer but their noses fade out during the winter they are not deep black like they are right now.

(If anyone needs a tan female Crested for showing this winter we are open for visitors. They will not have hours of tan time a day but I will attach a leash to their collar and walk them as much as I do my girls.)

bindies mum
Show dog

Joined: 05 Sep 2008
Posts: 606
Location: wigan, england

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:
both my girls go a lovley dark mahogany in summer but go a slate grey in winter, they NEVER go out without clothes on, my dogs dont like being cold so they do look washed out in winter but my opinion is that its natural so i leave it x

bindies mum
Show dog

Joined: 05 Sep 2008
Posts: 606
Location: wigan, england

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:
both my girls go a lovley dark mahogany in summer but go a slate grey in winter, they NEVER go out without clothes on, my dogs dont like being cold so they do look washed out in winter but my opinion is that its natural so i leave it x

strictlyred
Canine Good Citizen

Joined: 03 Oct 2008
Posts: 450
Location: canada

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject:
guess i am one of the few who prefers the lighter pale look to the ark look

Lykaios
Crate Trained

Joined: 23 Dec 2009
Posts: 69
Location: The Netherlands

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:08 am Post subject:

I prefer the darker look, it just makes both my show cresties look spectacular! But I really don't care when they get light in the winter! It's just naturel. I do notice the difference now they are raw fed, they tend to stay darker then last year in the same period. So i'm guessing there is something in the meat that keeps the tan in.. since the winter is pretty much like last year and not more or less coats or sun or anything... They get real dark, real fast in the spring anyway, so no worries here! Wink

mvinotime
Best in Show

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 1861
Location: Oroville, CA

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:18 am Post subject:

I have some serious little pale skinned babies here right now LOL I was just commenting on it...it cracks me up! But my nekkies think they are dying if the temp in the house goes below 72 and that is WITH jammies on so no way in the world would they agree to go outdoors without the fleece! Shocked

I sometimes worry about jammies being on all the time but mine really do prefer it. They sit around miserable and shiver in the house if they have no jammies on....on bath day I crank the heat and use towels outta the dryer and so they get a little "jammie free skin time" then but otherwise in winter they are covered. I could care less about the tan, although mine are not show dogs. I prefer them darker but it will come in summer and spring, during the summer I rarely have clothes ON unless it is cause we are out walking and I need to prevent a burn......that is nekkie time of year!

wattsup

Joined: 18 Sep 2008
Posts: 9

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject:
living in Toronto, Canada, I can say it gets damned cold up here. Try and get any clothes on my HL and you will have the biggest fight of your life. She loves the snow and will roll around in it. Windy days, she runs out, pees and runs right back in. Is never as dark in the winter as in the summer, but keeps a bit of colour.

abigailrabbit
Canine Good Citizen

Joined: 04 Jul 2009
Posts: 474
Location: England UK

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:45 am Post subject:

Wow, what an interesting thread, full of different opinions.
My opinion (coming from someone that does not show), is that pale is natural in the winter and I do not see the need to 'force' a tan.
I don't know about other people's dog, but Swayze would NOT go outside in the snow or minus temps without any clothing. He puts up enough of a struggle if is just cold or raining. He shivers when he is cold!
I do not think that I have conditioned him to rely on clothes, as he was like this when we got him and his last owners only very occasionally put clothes on him.

As far as tanning lamps go (and again, this is just my opinion). I would not use them on myself, as we know the dangers and really, is it worth it?? Therefore, I would not use one on my dog or any other animal.
Ive seen animals at work with skin cancers and it is really sad.

xx

ann
Painted Ponies

Joined: 26 Mar 2006
Posts: 10584
Location: berkshire, england

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:20 am Post subject:

Having lost a h/l to skin cancer, i would never risk using a tanning machine. They have been proven to cause skin cancer in humans, so will surely have the same risk to a h/l dogs skin. ( My opinion only, no disrespect intended to those who do use them.) My h/l only have a coat or jammies on if it's pouring with rain. It's natural for colour to fade somewhat in the winter, but mine have lovely blemish free skin, and do keep some colour as their skin has natural light and air at all times. They have warm bedding, and central heating indoors, so don't need clothing.

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