#it wasn't very noticeable but it gave his colouring some depth and texture

[purplesaline]

So you might think Lance has a Sable coat to look at him. Here let's get one of his older pictures where he's not quite so grizzled.

He is, in fact, a Sable merle though! It's actually easier to see now that he's turning so white. It's always been easiest to see on his ears

And you can even see some on his head there too. It's also not too difficult to see the merle pattern on the rest of his body in his old age

The top of his head used to be entirely Sable except for a thin white line that ran from his ruff to the tip of his nose 😭😭 Mr. Salt and Pepper over here