Red or black headed tri?

I was just curious about what age can you tell if a tri corgi will be black or red headed and how can you tell by their markings!?

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Permalink Reply by Kelsey Baker on June 18, 2012 at 1:28am

Even as a breeder, it can be very hard to tell. Some of them you can tell by the time they're weaned that they'll stay a blackhead, others take a little longer. You just kind of have to look for the black on their heads to start lightening up. If it does, odds are, they'll be a redhead eventually. It takes a few months.

Permalink Reply by Rachael McClanahan on June 18, 2012 at 1:32am

I found a breeder page that kinda shows how the different colors change as they grow in the beginning:
http://www.immeressen.com/corgicolors.html

Permalink Reply by Rachael McClanahan on June 18, 2012 at 1:39am

Also http://www.immeressen.com/corgichanges.html

Permalink Reply by Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack ) on June 19, 2012 at 7:14pm

@Rachael - Thank you for the links. They were very informative. I didn't realize that a BHT needs to have black above and below the eyes. I thought it was just when the head is predominantly black. I also loved seeing the overall changes over time.

Permalink Reply by Rachael McClanahan on June 20, 2012 at 12:07am

No problem! I didn't realize that the eye thing was the defining factor either, but both of mine are black tris, and their black does go under the eye as well.

Permalink Reply by Bradley Hopkins on June 18, 2012 at 12:00pm

My girl was mostly black at about 8 weeks but the red came on with time.

Permalink Reply by Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack ) on June 19, 2012 at 7:07pm

@Bradley - did you have a preference re. your tri's head color?

Permalink Reply by Bradley Hopkins on June 19, 2012 at 10:50pm

No not really. I picked her cos she had alot of black on her as a pup.......but now I couldnt care less. She is a great little girl and def daddys girl lol! Shes a beautiful dog. Her mothers head was almost all red so I knew she would have some. But if you look atthe pictures of the litter she came from they were mostly all black and white as babies. Cassie has what looks like sunglasses. Black rings around the eyes with what looks like ear pieces! Pretty cool I think!!!

Permalink Reply by Dayna on June 20, 2012 at 4:33pm

Thanks all! Here is a picture of mine. I think she will be a red headed tri. Her daddy is a black headed tri and her momma is a sable. I dont have a preference either way, I'm just excited to see what she looks like!

Permalink Reply by Bradley Hopkins on June 20, 2012 at 10:23pm

She will be great no matter what color! Enjoy her company and her Quirks just as any new mom would!

Permalink Reply by Vicki/Kurt Pegel on July 23, 2012 at 9:56pm

I have a black headed tri. There were 4 in her litter, I have met 2 of the other puppies and they are red headed. I wish I could have located the 4th puppy to see if she was a black headed or a red headed. When they were puppies they all looked exactly the same. I choose Sophie because she had ore white on her nose. At the time I didnt even realize there where red and black tris.

Permalink Reply by Jenna, Seth & Reginald the Corgi on October 13, 2013 at 5:48pm

Logan looks a lot like our Reggie. Reggie is 6 months old and the black on top of his head is fading a lot more than Logan's but it looks like he'll always have a little bit on the sides of his face.