More Toy Poodle Questions...

[Kirty]

What are the possible colours in a toy poodle? Do whites have black pigment? We have a standard that comes into work who is white but with black pigment, so when he is clipped his face and feet look dark - can you get this in toys?

Also, we had a poodle come into work the other day that was described as being 'chocolate'. Is there such a colour? I thought brown poodles were called brown, not choc? Also, this particular poodle is actually a really interesting colour. He seems to be purebred but he is a smokey brown colour. Its a very light colour, the tips of the hairs are brown but the bases are grey/silver. If he was a cat, I'd call him a choc smoke. What colour would this poodle be?

[JAG]

What are the possible colours in a toy poodle? Do whites have black pigment? We have a standard that comes into work who is white but with black pigment, so when he is clipped his face and feet look dark - can you get this in toys?

Also, we had a poodle come into work the other day that was described as being 'chocolate'. Is there such a colour? I thought brown poodles were called brown, not choc? Also, this particular poodle is actually a really interesting colour. He seems to be purebred but he is a smokey brown colour. Its a very light colour, the tips of the hairs are brown but the bases are grey/silver. If he was a cat, I'd call him a choc smoke. What colour would this poodle be?

Toy poodles come in a range of colours: Black, white, brown, apricot, cream, red, blue, silver.

The whites are like the standard you described and should have a black pigment. Having said that some whites have pink skin so their pigment is not as good. Whites and creams should never have brown pigment or liver noses.

Browns are browns and not chocolate. I think this may be a cross over from the labs who have chocolate listed as their colour.

The browns fade an unfortunate thing as they are such a gorgeous colour when young. You are correct in that the base and some guard hairs are grey/silver in colour mixing with the brown hairs to give that silvery appearance.

This pictures shows a 3 year old brown who has faded and her son who is obviously still a nice brown at 12 months (although in need of a good bath )

[Kirty]

Cool, thanks JAG. The faded girl in your pic is exactly like the one at work. He was a very sweet little dog.