I've had Gir for 8 days now and he's doing great. I have been noticing how pink he seems though!
He is a smooth coat but his fur is quite fine. His skin is pink and you can see the pink quite clearly.
(especially on the top of his head, chest, and feet!)

I read somewhere that it's normal for some short-haired Chis to be almost bald in certain areas...

He is really tiny also. He weighs 1 pound at 14 weeks (3.2 months old) and he's almost solid white. Is that a factor? The fact that he's a little guy and he is a light colour?
Does anyone think it will grow thicker with age? His parents were both smooth coats and they don't seem pink at all!

Here's a picture of him and his pink-ness:

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My goodness he's a cutie!
I definitely think that his fur will grow in with age and you won't see the pink so much.
He's not itchy or anything is he? You don't think it could be allergies?
Judging by the picture he seems fine to me.

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It can take a good while for their coats to grow so I don't think you should be to worried unless there are other symptoms associated with it.

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pink pink pink! pups have pink bellies when theyre puppy wuppies! then they go back to normal...boooooooo! LOL seein hes a shorthair ull see pink everywhere! also when they're hot they are pink!

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look how tiny dex was! this is when his belly was pink!...u cant really see it...but i was confused too lol

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Wow he's TINY!!! My Chloe was 3lbs when she had her 15 week vaccination last week (she's actually slimmed down a lot, she was a chunky monkey).

She is almost completely bald under her chin and down her throat and her hair is thin around the base of her ears. She's a chocolate but even she is very pink where her hair is thin. As everyone else said its just a puppy thing, his hair will grow.

SKy is nearly completely bald because I think she has a condition but she's fine! You're boy is just a puppy and I've seen puppies that are baldish but their fur grows in as they get older.

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It is normal.
It is also a color thing. Hope was very pink as a puppy. She is a cream, not white, but close enough. As a puppy, people asked me if my dog was pink because her fur was finer. Now, she is cream on top but when you flip her over, her belly is pink. The darker girls are a gray-pink on their bellies but hers is STILL definitely pink.

Here is a pic when she was younger:


versus Ruby's underside which is more gray. Eden, also darker, looks similar to this in color on her belly:

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