03-21-2011 at 4:50 AM

There is incredible variance in every pigmentation disorder that exists, good old fashioned albinism itself included. Covering all the bases regarding that would not be fun times, from an artistic standpoint. The albino eyes on the Alacrity dogs are pretty spot on, without doing a whole lot of variation, and the eyes of the dogs are always pretty small pixel-wise, to boot. Doing all the possible little variations just isn't practical and albino dogs or dogs with ocular albinism <i>can have</i> white eyes. There are just so, so many possibilities.<br /> <br /> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/440240389_96821a9448.jpg<br /> Albino girl.<br /> <br /> http://www.thetech.org/genetics/images/ask/blueEyedaa.jpg<br /> Human ocular albinism + heterochromia.<br /> <br /> http://paradoxoff.com/files/2010/11/real-albino-dog.jpg<br /> Self-explanatory file name.<br /> <br /> http://www.samoyedhealthfoundation.org/diseases/partial-albinism/albino%20male.jpg<br /> Same as above.<br /> <br /> Don't know if any of those pics have been posted but I don't feel like clicking them all atm, honestly. Ocular albinism in all animals is generally pink/blue or white/gold/hazel/green. Humans almost never get pink, though. Also, not all forms of true albinism are complete albinism. They can be a lack of one type of pigmenting, or pigmenting only in certain areas.<br /> <br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism

03-21-2011 at 4:25 AM

I do know the difference between albino and leucistic. :P But I say again, I searched through tons of pictures, and the vast majority I saw had pale eyes, but not necessarily pink eyes. I have seen plenty pictures of dogs that are pure white, have pink skin (leucistic animals typically have dark skin no matter the whiteness of their fur), and still do not have pink eyes. I'm not saying it never happens, but it certainly doesn't seem to be the absolutely most common trait shared in albino dogs.

03-18-2011 at 5:37 PM

yes but Carni, those are leucistic dogs, not albino.<br /> <br /> A lot of people think "albino" means "all white animal".. but animals are only albino if they are all white w/ pale skin and pink/red eyes. The "albino" animals people see with blue eyes are leucistic.<br /> <br /> <a href=http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/images/my-beautiful-budgie-21352562.jpg rel=nofollow>Albino Budgie on the left, leucistic Budgie on the right.They look the same, but their eyes are different.</a><br /> <br /> EDITEDIT: Budgies CAN have different coloured eyes.. but none of these birds are albino, even though their eyes are pale.<br /> <a href=http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesallgemein/fotos/anatomieauge01.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> <a href=http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesallgemein/fotos/nickhaut01.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> <a href=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oOL7ac9vK80/TOUE185E8JI/AAAAAAAADKY/w_as0mi0mok/s1600/budgie6.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> <a href=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/3451231439_aedb798f3d.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> <a href=http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/fouroaks/fouroaks0804/fouroaks080400072/2934439.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a>

03-17-2011 at 4:34 PM

I have looked up pictures of several albino canines, and their eyes always appear either extremely pale blue or white, rather than the pink you would expect. I promise there is method to my madness. X}

03-17-2011 at 2:22 PM

Yeah, I think they have purpley eyes too. Not sure if that's all albino animals though.<br /> <br /> <a href=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2809099220_957beaab21.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> This cat has purpley eyes too.<br /> <br /> & I found this kind of interesting: "The albino gene is fatal to horses, a pure albino is a result of lethal white genes from both parents and will always die in the womb. American Albino (also called American Cream & White) horses are pure white, but not actually albino genetically."<br /> <br /> EDIT: and apparently this is an albino dog: <a href=http://hem.passagen.se/sagabo/kabinett/albino/dog.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a>

03-17-2011 at 4:06 AM

Thank you Krentoh!(Sorry if I messed that up...)<br /> <br /> That's what I thought. That albino cat does have red pupils, and there was a lot more information on that site than others I had found.

03-17-2011 at 3:21 AM

Albino cats:<br /> <a href=http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/images/albino-siamese-cat.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> <a href=http://www.puginformation.org/albino-cat-2.jpg rel=nofollow>[LINK]</a><br /> Note that there is a difference between leucistic and albino animals. For example, an albino budgie will have red eyes, a leucistic budgie will have normal black eyes.<br /> <br /> <a href=http://www.puginformation.org/albino-pugs-albinism-and-leucism-in-animals.html rel=nofollow>http://www.puginformation.org/albino-pugs-albinism-and-leucism-in-animals.html</a><br /> "Leucism or Leukism is a very unusual condition whereby the pigmentation cells in an animal fail to develop properly. Unlike albinism, <b>a leucistic animal is usually pure white with blue eyes,</b> since there is a reduction of colour in all pigmentation of the animal, not just melanin"

03-17-2011 at 12:54 AM

I know it's a cruddy picture, but those aren't its eyelids. <br /> <br /> I'm not trying to argue or anything, I am curious about the whole albino thing now. ;)

03-17-2011 at 12:29 AM

Celestial88 you can't see that GD's eyeballs, just the eyelids and such.

03-16-2011 at 3:26 PM

I looked into it a bit more.<br /> Sometimes a albino dog can have blue eyes, but the pupils would have to be a dark red.<br /> <br /> http://dogtime.com/definition/Albino<br /> <br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism#In_other_animals

03-16-2011 at 3:17 PM

Here is a picture of a Great Dane who is considered to be "truly albino"<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.straydog.org/images20020818-0824/HelenLiesKennelGood7478.jpg">Link</a>

03-16-2011 at 11:14 AM

@☣Клейтон☣ <br /> <br /> I think that has to do with the way small bird, rat, mice and other small animals like that's eyes are set up. I'm not totally sure though because i know albino mice, rats, deer and some others have pink eyes.

03-16-2011 at 9:20 AM

i definitely don't think it would be fair to change this since they've already been released.. lots of people made their customs with those eyes in mind.

03-16-2011 at 7:30 AM

I have an albino budgie and her eyes are red... maybe it's just birds and some other mammals?

03-16-2011 at 3:49 AM

As a player who has two albino eyed dogs, no support. <br /> <br /> I don't /want/ my dogs to have red eyes. And it's already been established that albino dogs don't always (ever?) have red eyes. Also.<br /> <br /> "In many breeds the reddish eyes show as a "blue" due to reflections from the surroundings and the retina against what is essentially a clear iris. There is no pigment whatsoever on the skin."<br /> <br /> <a href=http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101007011433AA9P1IY>Even though it's Yahoo Answers, seems to make sense.</a>

03-16-2011 at 3:06 AM

Very interesting, thank you Tiger. I noted some pictures like that but when I went to the site it said nothing about the dog being albino, so I shrugged them off. (I am one who needs to see some proof. lol)<br /> <br /> I'll have to give my teacher heck. ;)

03-16-2011 at 12:06 AM

I was bout to agree with you Celestial88 but then did some research and all pictures of albino dogs I'm finding are a very light blue color O_o. And remembering the Albino kids in my village when i was in Africa, their eyes were a very light hazelish tan color.<br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1167/1464401286_1000bd9c4d_z.jpg" width="500"><br /> <img src="http://imagehost.ngobrolaja.com/files/misamisa/ekingesealbinomaleyaoling1.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://www.samoyedhealthfoundation.org/diseases/partial-albinism/albino%20male.jpg/image_preview"><br /> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UDi-3JTr4uI/SKTvUogFrsI/AAAAAAAAAII/qGPoMooM3Ss/s320/albino+dog.jpg"><br /> <br /> <br /> And for an albino person<br /> <img src="http://cozay.com/documents/Albino-African-Lady.jpg"><br /> The kids in my village looked about like this, eyes were a little lighter and they had more sun spots. They walked around all the time with their arm over their eyes. But their hair was generally black because they put this stuff in their hair to dye it black during holidays so it was generally a darker color that it was naturally.

03-15-2011 at 10:53 PM

Albinism is the lack of pigment, to be blue they would need pigment. =]<br /> <br /> From the link...<br /> "A pure white animal, with pale pink skin and pink eyes, is an albino "

03-15-2011 at 9:03 AM

I support and all, but I believe it was Carn or Robyn who once said that Albino dogs have white-ish blue eyes and not pink eyes in real life?

03-15-2011 at 5:05 AM

No support. It looks fine as it is.