Freckles on Dogs?

When we first got Zeus, his nose was as pink as a baby's butt! Just take a look at the large photo above! When he was somewhere around 8 months old, we started to notice 3 dark pink dots on his nose right around the fur line. We washed them, scrubbed them and even tried to scratch them off. I was convinced that they were dirt spots at first. Then when they didn't come off, I thought maybe they were some type of bug that embeds itself into dog's skin. That grossed me out and I stopped kissing him for awhile... But these dots got darker... and larger... then darker again... and even larger! At some point, it dawned on us that he was getting freckles! I had no idea dogs could get freckles but I'm so glad they do cause they're so damn cute! As a puppy he always had one big black spot on the left side of his nose. It kinda looks like a big booger. But NOW he's got several small ones all over his nose. One day a few weeks ago, I saw some dirt inside his nostrils so I got out a Q-tip to clean them out... and low-and-behold... the dirt was a bunch of freckles, too! So he's got little freckles inside his nostrils. You know how while your kids are growing you don't notice it so much because you see them every day? You don't notice their growth until someone else sees them for the first time in a long time and comments about it? Well, same thing is true with Zeus. We hadn't really noticed all the new freckles and spots he's been getting over the past year until recently someone else pointed it out to us how many little spots he has. He's looking more and more like a Dairy Cow as time goes on.  ~Moo~