Is it just the lighting or was he actually brown when he was a baby and now he's black? Maybe I'm just crazy.
I
think he is seal in color. He looks brown/blue/green/red depending on the light, day, and how much sun he has had. His head gets some brindle striping in the summer, and he has a dark stripe down the center of his back, and spots on his sides. (WHO KNOWS!)
A bunch of you have pictures of your dogs with tires. Maybe Baku would like a tire also... Do you get them from a pet store, or are they "real" tires?
Pet store tires aren't strong enough. The ones we use are from a pit bike, (50cc dirt bike) and they are PERFECT! They aren't too tough to hurt the dogs' teeth, but I am convinced they are indestructible. You can probably go to an off road motorcycle store and pick up an old one for cheap, or free. We just happened to have a few laying around the garage.