The following series of pictures were made available to the web page by club members Bill and Joyce Lowinski. The pictures represent a pictorial case history of the development of coat funk in one of their dogs, Kona. Click on the thumbnails to see the larger picture.

Thank you, Bill and Joyce, for sharing these pictures with us!

October 1989 - normal coat no sign of coat funk Age = 23 months
June 1990 - first color change Note color change on rear leg Age = 2-1/2 years
Sept 1990 - more color change Entire coat appears rusty Age = 2 years 22 months
May 1991 - drastic color change Entire body much lighter, rusty in color Age = 3-1/2 years
1993 - three pictures Fully developed coat funk Age = 5-1/2 years

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