Spaniel/colour people
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maisie06
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They are black and white or liver and white , never roan! Lots of springer have these markings though!
Mynstrel
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Not roan, but if they're like our black and white they do get more speckled as they get older/bigger, our little one had just 3 black patches when we got him but he's grown lots of extra naughty spots ?
Christmascinnamoncookie
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I know, but a friend’s spaniel has gone completely covered/roan yet only had a couple of clean black patches only as a pup. I wondered if these two would be similar. All my others have had clean black or liver markings Without white guard hairs mingled in.
I mean like this:
Mynstrel
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I've just remembered reading something about the colour of their pads which apparently tells you if they're roan or not but I can't remember exactly what it was. Google?
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I think you have to look at 3-4 days old: pink=not roan, coloured= roan. Of course my lot have a mix, as does Bear, who is roany around the back end.
Thistle
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I'm not sure but I don't think roan is a springer colour. I've seen lots of cockers that start out patchy but go roan as they get older though. With roans the white gets more coloured as the dog ages. I think what you are looking at is ticking that is when you get white in the dark bits. Beans is mostly white but if I clip him he has many small brown naughty spots hidden under his white bits, these spots seem to get more each year.
So google tells me that you can get roan springers but I've never seen a proper roan like with a cocker.
So google tells me that you can get roan springers but I've never seen a proper roan like with a cocker.
Christmascinnamoncookie
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The one above looks roan as I would imagine, just like a friend’s dog. It isn’t an accepted KC colour, for sure. I’d be hard pressed to call it simply black and white when it’s totally covered in colour/ticking.
SatansLittleHelper
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Roan is not a common colour in Springers, what you have there is known as "ticking" 
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Roan is not a common colour in Springers, what you have there is known as "ticking"
Yup, friend’s dog is totally covered. I’m hopeful!
Nicnac
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Mine at 6 months old tomorrow looks like he has chickenpox compared to when I got him. He is so spotty now. I love it! He still has green eyes too which are beautiful.
spacefaer
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If they were cockers, I'd say they'd end up blue roan as they'd get darker as they age
But you don't get blue roan springers, so they're black and white ticked.
We've got 5 blue roan cockers before anyone asks, and I've seen them all darken from almost white pups to really dark blue roan adults.
But you don't get blue roan springers, so they're black and white ticked.
We've got 5 blue roan cockers before anyone asks, and I've seen them all darken from almost white pups to really dark blue roan adults.
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And no pictures ? Goose has hazel eyes. I hope they stay that colour, he has an excessively cute face.
Nicnac
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LittleRolo
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His eyes will stay hazel. I have a chocolate sable havanese x poodle and a chocolate sable and white havanese x poodle that we're born with and still have hazel eyes age 3yo
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The spots! ? Gorgeous dog.