L and I have this thing: everytime we meet another Schnauzer, we check to see how white its paws are. The Schanuzer standard calls for white paws and beard (unless the Schnauzer is brown). We've seen some with perfectly white bits where they're supposed to be white. They've been Photoshopped, I always say. Keeping white paws white is an impossibility. HRH has brown paws (and no beard). They started turning brown from off-white maybe a year or more ago and have remained brown since.
And then on Saturday, we dropped by our Schnauzer's groomer's shop. HRH didn't need grooming, she wasn't even with us, we've just taken in to dropping in when we're at the mall where the groomer's shop is, just to say hi to her and her various dogs that go in to work with her. Most are white hairy dogs -- one's a Westie and and I don't know what the other hairy ones are -- and our favourite is Kayla, the mini-Schnauzer. We've known her since she was a pup -- in fact, Groomer was trying to push her on to us -- with white paws. And that was when we realised it. Kayla, now a little more than a year old, now has brown paws. Our groomer's Schnauzer has brown paws. Our groomer -- who hand-feeds her show Westie so that its muzzle would not be stained -- has given up on keeping her Schnauzer's paws white. I suddenly feel so good about HRH's brown paws.
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