Summer has arrived and in theory so are the warmer temperatures and hairy critters are starting to shed out! Well... actually the temperatures don't really have much to do with coat shedding, it is more a light cycle that triggers the body's hair dropping process. And it is just as well that it is light and not temperatures that trigger the shedding for the hairy critters in the northwest. Summer's warm temperatures are slow to get here in southwestern Washington and the poor critters would remain woolly well into July if they were waiting for warmer weather to drop their coats.
The days are in fact getting longer and Deuce and Flash are both moving into their summer coats and not only are they shorter, their colors are changing too!
Deuce is getting more white in his chest, shoulders and around his face. He has dark spots on his rump along with his splashed white markings. His mane and tail seem to be remaining black along with his stockings. He does have one white sock on his left hind and a white hoof.
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