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Thanks for that, have reposted there. :)

Hi everyone, I am a very new breeder of minis and I just have a question about colour matching. So far we have had black puppies out of our black stud boy and black dam. The puppies have been lovely, and healthy and I am now looking to expand our furry family by purchasing another suitable bitch. Whilst I love the blacks, I am also really interested in the reds, and would be very keen to find one to breed from. My question is, as I'm still getting my head around poodle colour genetics is red suitable for breeding with my black boy? To give you my stud's background, I have had his colour profile done and he is BB. Does this mean that any pups he sires are going to be black? Any information would be very much appreciated. Thank you. :)

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I am a relatively new breeder. So just want to learn as much as I can so that I can do the right things as a breeder. His breeder (owns his mother) isn't a shower either haredown, however he has numerous champions in his pedigree, including his father. Unfortunately I don't have the benefit of a mentor in Tassie where we live and both our poodles came from breeders interstate which makes it tricky. He has only sired one litter so far, as he is only 2 y.o and I only have 1 breeding bitch. Therefore his pups are still less then 12 months old. None have been shown as they all went to family homes. I prioritise finding good loving forever homes for pups over ensuring a pup will have a show career. RallyValley you're right, and I have often thought this myself. I guess what I am seeing as Ryley's big selling point are the results from our colour coat testing. Ryley has tested genetically pure black. (BB) That is he doesn't carry any brown or yellow gene. From what I understand he may be the only dog with this pure colouring in Australia. I realise this is a HUGE call, so if anyone has more info on this I would love to know. Please correct me if I'm wrong! For breeders of blacks I'd of thought this would be pretty desirable. Thank you again for your insights. :)

I was just wanting to get peoples thoughts on allowing an unshown male to stand at stud. My little man Ryley (AKA Jeabo Sparks will fly) is a beautiful boy and of course is completely health tested. He has lovely conformation and is from some very good lines. I have used him over my bitch Bobby, (aka Hillani Bobby Dazzler) and the puppies he throws are simply stunning. However, we are not really into the showing side of things, so he is untitled and I was just wanting to get peoples opinion on standing him at at stud to approved bitches, and perhaps how I would go about it considering he is not seen by other breeders in the show ring. I certainly don't want to be pushing him on to other breeders, or cold calling - Im not into that at all, just wanted to let them know he is available and may be a good possible match for their breeding bitches.

Hi everyone, I am new. I have just bought a beautiful black miniature pup who i intend to show and breed from. I am just starting out with a poodle show career and I have been learning about the protection of her coat and topknot. I would love for my pup to be able to play outside and talk to other dogs once in a while without destroying her show coat. Is their any way that this can be done? or will have have to keep her tied up on a run all the time? I was wondering if there is a bonnet I can teach her to wear when outside or a coat/jacket she will protect her coat. Any help would be much appreciated.