black patches
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| Not sure what you mean by black patches? Sometimes they get redish/brown but not black. Do you have a photo? Might just be her natural markings which are more prominent when there is no coat. |
| Yes, I think they do eventually go away, or at least become less noticable. I'm not sure of the scientific reason why they develop areas of blacker fur after an injury.
Chloe had a gash in her side and had to have stitches a couple of years ago, and it seems to have disappeared now. Donna |
| Yes, they do develop black patches where there has been trauma and healing of their skin.
Bosley's mom's little girl Dixie had skin issues (pictured below) and she has some black spots. They will eventually go away, I think. 
Maybe Bosley's mom can give you some more info..... |
| Yes, they will go away.
Mullie had a big W on his side, where the matting was pulling, I'd guess. I just looked and it's gone now. |
| They do eventually turn grey but take time. Tasker has bad skin allergies and frequently has hot spots. He will chew the spot bald then after it heals it ome s in dark black, if he doesn't get another shot spot in the same area the hair will turn in about a six months.
If you look at his flank in the picture below you will see that the area is quite irritated and that some of the hair has grown back very dark 
This picture is few months later and the hair is getting lighter, right now it is all grey.  |
I don't know if 3 of Dixie's will ever go away. Here she is in September 2006:
And in January 2007: 
She has these 3 areas that the fur is black right down to the roots, and these areas of fur are quite sparce...like it is not growing back right. She has one on her top across her shoulder blades, one on her side towards the back and one on her side shoulder. I would be very happy it they grow back grey, but right now I don't see it. The surrounding fur kinds of covers them up, but these three patches are quite black, still. The rest of her seems to have come back grey, though. Maybe it depends they type of injury? When she came in to us she did have some actual partially healed deep wounds on her, that we not due to scratching... |
| It may very well have something to do with how deep the wound is, Taskers are very superficial. |
| Abby has a black spot were she was bite by a German Sheperd. That was 7months ago and 2 shavings later and it has not lightened at all. It was a really deep wound. |
| Mullie's spot was black for a long time ; I was surprised when I looked that it was gone.
I wonder if it's like blowing out a puppy coat, maybe it takes a year or more, but at some point it just starts to grow in grey. |
| I remember now that my grandparents had a bichon frise (all white dog) who had a small patch of brown where he'd been attacked by another dog. The patch never went away, but certainly didn't bother him or any of us.
Chicks dig scars!  |
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