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Why are some dogs white?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Because they don't have any pigmentation in the dog's coat. This is a rare birth defect and pigmentation is what colors the dog's coat, skin and in some breeds, the muzzle which is mainly black. Whiteness is also known as albino. Almost any breed of dog can suffer albinism and a lot of white dogs are put down at birth due to cancer, disease, deafness, blindless and even death. That's partly why albino dogs are rare and uncommon. And most of the time people don't usually breed white dogs with another dog, since some or all of the puppies may become albino and some of the puppies may either suffer or surive. But there is a chance that the albino puppies may surive the birth and some white dogs have been known to be born healthy and live to a ripe old age. And that answers your question.

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