Puppy colors

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

Hi everyone.I posted a blog about my puppy being born June 19th and there were 11 puppies but only one dark rich caramel boy in the whole litter.That is what i wanted but i want so much more than just the right color.Temperament,size,energy level,ect,ect.There are a couple of chocolate boys but im afraid of his color fading over time.I love rich dark chocolate but only if it stays that color.Someone told me that if they are born a very dark almost black looking chocolate that they will hold that color there whole lives.Is this true? The mother doesnt carry the dilute gene.Im not sure about the father though.He is still very dark chocolate in color though.Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Jared, go to my page and look at the photos of Cooper growing up (shes now 3). She has lightened, but is still chocolate. Its funny because i wanted a cafe, DH wanted her to stay chocolate. We were originally going to get a pup that most likely would lighten, but our breeder matched us with Cooper instead. Got to say, her temperament is perfect for us! And now im glad she is still chocolate :)

it is hard to photograph a chocolate dog - she looks slightly different colour in many photos. Her fur does lighten over the summer in the sun too

[Moe]

How do you go to someone's page to see their photos? I'd love to see pics of Cooper!

[Donna K & Quincy]

Just click Kaitlyn's profile pic and it will take you to her page, if it's not set to private you will be able to look at her pics.

[Moe]

Thank you! I was clicking on the name.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Thanks for your comment Jared! I actually wanted an apricot doodle (called Aslan!), but the breeder we chose didnt have any, and wouldnt for a long while. The timing was right for us to get a dog (we were home to put in time training) so we put down chocolate for our first choice, the creams for second. I really didnt want a dog that would show the dirt, but if a cream was best suited to us we would have taken it

[F, Calla & Luca]

The funny thing is the creams don't show dirt. Calla is very light. She can have muddy paws and more. I put her in her crate till she dries and all the dirt is on the crate floor. She looks as clean after a brushing as after a bath.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Jack, too. But he does show grass stains. ;-D

[Camilla and Darwin]

I have found this to be true as well. Darwin hides dirt SO well. When I end up washing him there is literally black dirt streaming out of his pristine looking paws. LOL

[Donna K & Quincy]

I always find it funny that people seem to think white dogs are dirtier than dark ones, hate to tell you people, just because you can't see the dirt doesn't mean it's not there. :>) At least with a white dog if you can see dirt you can clean it. People seem to think that I have to spend a lot of time keeping Quincy clean, but except for the frequent paw washing from getting in mud he only gets a bath every couple of months and even less in the winter. Having said that, he does look a lot whiter after a bath.

[GBK]

Here is Kona at 8 weeks and 4 1/2 years old in the bottom picture.  I call her lighter colored hair her "highlights" :)

I never really realized that they change color, but she is still a chocolate girl.  In some of her pictures in certain light her hair really does look lavender in places.  Her eyes changed from green to hazel and gold.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

NOT true, Daisy was so chocolate she looked black, here she is now. But we love her the same as if she stayed chocolate! She is pretty both ways. Any you are right, it is NOT about the color.Here she is when she was 9 weeks.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I think that by the time a chocolate would fade, if he faded, you would be so in love with the dog anyway that it wouldn't matter what color he was. Go for temperament and don't worry about fading or what color he's going to end up.