Why has the hair color on my toy poodle changed colors over the years?

My toy poodle started out chocolate brown - a nice solid color. She is now 9 years old and only her face and limbs are chocolate brown, the majority of her body is a very light brown color, almost white. Why is this? Are poodles just like humans and go gray when they get old? Is it something I fed her?|||Yes, dogs do grey just like humans do over the years.|||Yeah, same as humans, as they age they're hair turns greyer.|||Because she's getting older. An animal's fur is just like a human's hair. It's turning white as she gets older, its nothing you've done so don't worry.|||Just as humans, dogs fur changes. It doens't only change when they are getting old but over the years. No it isn't anything you fed your dog but somethings help make the coat shinier.|||poodles hair is actually hair and not fur, just like people the color will chage over time|||It could be a result of her getting older, or it could be her diet. I know of a poodle that would have patches of white when she was actually a black poodle. When her owners switched to Nature's Recipe, her coat gradually became healthier and the patches slowly went back to their original color.





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