When you purchase a white Siberian Husky puppy you may not know it at the time, but your puppy is not a true white. This is a recessive trait in Siberian Huskies and is not really a color of the dogs. The true colors are black, gray, and red. These colors are still with your dog, but the white covers it up. Look deeper than the outer coat and you will find that it covers up the true colors. With Siberian Huskies, there are many dominant and recessive factors that serve to produce a variety of colors and shades in this breed. The undercoat plays an important part in the color of your dog. It creates a background for the outer coat by either lightening it or darkening it.
A monochrome coat is one in which each individual hair is the same color from the tip to the root. There are usually some yellow hairs mixed in with these, but they are also monochrome. Your white Siberian Husky puppy may be monochromatic, but never gray or sable. This stems from the dominant genes, which are not completely dominant in the transmission. There is very little shading in this type of coat.
Your white Siberian Husky puppy may have a banded coat, which is one where each hair is banded with white or yellow. The hairs are found in the middle of the coat or at the very tip of the hair, which gives you the white Husky. This banding occurs more often in grey Arctic Huskies. Shadings are found mostly on the back, head, down the shoulders and in the center of the tail. With Husky dogs, the pigment may be allowed to extend down the back and include the upper portions of the saddle. The color in Huskies is either allowed or restricted. If it is restricted enough you will end up with a white Siberian Husky.
If you do get a white Siberian Husky puppy, you should be aware that there are two types of white, which result from a different series of genes. There is an extended white, which is produced from a complete restriction of pigment in the coat. The other is called Isabella White, which means that black is oxidized into yellow or white. Sometimes with this kind of white, the markings are visible. This color is due to the lack of melanin present.
There is also a buff white in the color of the white Siberian Husky puppy. This is a rare color that comes from the oxidation factor, which may be compared to the Palomino horse. A true buff white has no pigment in the coat but can have colored tips. Pure white may be chromatic or banded, but has silver tipping. The standard allows flesh colored tips in all white Siberians.
Keep in mind that when you get your Siberian Husky puppy, color is not everything. The love and affection you give your dog will long outlast the color of his coat. There is so much you will need for your puppy, but all your white Siberian Husky puppy will need from you is your love and affection.
