A Bernese Mountain Dog puppy named Howie is winning hearts on Instagram after his owner, Instagram user @howietheberner, shared a sweet video tracking his nose transition. And surprisingly, it turns from speckled pink to black. The video strings together clips of Howie at different stages, showing the pink patches on his nose getting smaller over time, as the on-screen caption reads, “Watch my puppy’s nose turn from speckled pink to black.”
Owner shows how puppy’s nose color changes with time
The whole thing is adorable on its own, but the puppy’s expressions during the nose transition make it even better. In each scene, he looks completely pleased with himself — wide-eyed and increasingly smiley as the video goes on — and by the end, with his little nose scrunch and happy face, it is easy to see why viewers fell in love with him.
The caption under the post reads, “Just a tiny bit of pink left,” as Howie has only a little speck of pink color left on his nose.
For anyone wondering why a puppy’s nose would go through such a color transition, it can happen as pigment develops with age. In some dogs, the nose starts out with pink areas that gradually fill in darker as they grow — and in Howie’s case, that changing pattern gave us the most adorable before-and-after treat.
Viewers in the comment section were fully invested in the transformation, even if some were sad to see the speckles disappear. One viewer wrote, “Nooooooooooooooooo, the speckles are gone.” Another asked, “How adorable. Does that happen in all BMD?” while a third viewer wanted confirmation about the final result, writing, “so once the pink is gone, it will stay black.”
A few comments focused on how Howie is ridiculously cute. One wrote, “That nose scrunch at the end,” and “The cutest nose I have ever seen” and these reactions probably say it best, because this puppy is a star and his nose transition is his calling card.
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