Thin fur around nose an mouth - malnutrition?

In the last month or two I've noticed that Killian's fur in front of his nose has been getting thinner and now there's a little pink showing up under his nose as well. I've had him on Eagle Pack Holistic kibble and occasionally mix it with Wellness 95% canned foods and even more recently started giving him at least one meal every other day of the Nature's Variety frozen raw. Is this just something that happens as they grow up? He's only 8 months in a few weeks so maybe the fur just needs time to catch up with his new grown up dog body? Do dogs just have naturally thinner hair in that area? It's not like he doesn't have any... it's just sparse enough where his pink skin shows through...

Who knows.. Killian is my first dog that I've raised in my adult life - maybe I'm just being paranoid? Any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on December 2, 2009 at 7:59pm

I've heard of putting sunscreen on dogs but I'm assuming that regular Bananaboat isn't what we're talking about here. :D Is there a doggy specific brand or can I just grab the SPF 30?