Royal Standard Poodle Coat
Most of this page encompasses the sharing of various Royal Standard Poodle Coat Characteristics of the Brown Standard Poodles found from my research and have links available to other web pages explaining far better then I on Red and Black coat colors. Red pups: an excellent web page put together by Bijou Poodles in Canada to get one started in understanding the beginning of the holding red color - Red Standard Poodle history Black, blue and silver pups; here is a great web page by Arpeggio Poodles to get one started in understanding these colors http://arpeggiopoodles.tripod.com/poodlecoatcolorsblueandblack.html It is important to love your pup no matter what color or size they become :-)) The "professionals" will give you specific gene data to explain the coats below, yet I just want to make this fun :-) So, I like to use the "candy bar" in describing the Chocolate Standard Poodles coat colors, hopefully you'll grab a piece of chocolate and enjoy :-) 1. All pup's dew claws are removed and tails docked 1/3 from the tip by 3 days old - unless: A. you commit to a pup and ask us NOT to dock their tail B. a puppy's tail was kinked at a lower joint and had to be docked shorter. So, if you see one of our Royal Standard Poodles with a shorter tail it could be B. above or another vet/breeder didn't know how to dock correctly :-( I always tell my vet to dock them 1/3 from the top. *********************2. Mismark/Abstract On occassion, a puppy is born with a white chest mark called Mismark/Abstract. This is a unique white color mark Mother Nature decided to grant them usually on the chest. They can be found on browns, reds, blacks, any color, and vary in size.It does nothing to change their personality :-) They will grow into gorgeous Royal or Standard Poodles.This little girl was a dark chocolate with a very soft poodle coat.
*********************3. Phantoms poodle coat Phantoms have markings like that found on German Shepherds or Dobermans. They can be cream, red, or white found on brown and black poodles. They are rarer and considered a recessive gene.Below is a phantom born in one litter, I had 3 in that litter, none since! They grew into Royal and Standard Poodles.
*********************4. Regular "Chocolates" poodle coat "Chocolates" have been VERY THICK coats.One has this extreme tendency to want to constantly get down on the floor and lay next to them and cuddle--as we do with our Kodi :-) "Chocolates" lighten and eventually gray up faster than a "Dark chocolate". But because you love them, and we all generally get gray hair--it just doesn't matter :-) Kodi in this first shot shows his brown color in his first several years, the next picture will show how he has faded over the years. He is among the Royal Standard Poodles.
*********************5. "Dark Chocolates" can also come in a medium poodle coat being VERY soft, or another medium coat being stiffer/wiry. Odu's hair (the adult female below) is the softest I have ever felt in most poodles. "Dark Chocolate" coats stay browner a lot longer than the regular "Chocolate" poodle coat color. She became a Royal Standard Poodles service dog.
Our retired dam Zain below, is a Dark Chocolate with a stiffer/wiry poodle coat. The first picture she is 4 years old and the second picture she is 7 years old, a faded yet definite brown....quite the hunter too :-)))
*********************6. The "Dark Chocolate Ugly Duckling" pups (Easter? :-) always grow into that beautiful swan - ahem - standard thicker poodle coat :-) After years of watching, the two pictures below are of our "Dark Chocolate Ugly ducklings". Their coats start out normal, as other pups, and by 6 weeks of age the coat can't keep up with their growth spurt. Their coat catches up to be fuller again once their growth slows down. This guy I called "Go Tee" and had absolutely the greatest of personalities (just look at the shots he wanted taken). "Bear" was my first and is a loved "Ugly duckling". Please look through his pictures to see how his coat filled out to become that handsome Royal.Their hair tends to be wiry (stiffer), yet his personality stood out to be calm, sure, and very friendly with people. The wiry thin coat is a gene characteristic observed among some of the "dark chocolates". In all our litters, there seems to be one--every other litter--during the years we have been breeding.Always thinking positively--you wouldn't have to groom them as much :-)
*********************7. The Cream, Apricot, or Red colored poodle coat. These colors have ALL been THICK full coats. Now, who is to say what the color designation truly is!?!?!? That has to be up to me. If I have pups born that lean in color to a light red, I will be listing them as an apricot. I can easily see if my pups are creams, and will call them out as such.The picture below shows the thick soft coat of an apricot at 7 weeks old.
2011 I brought red Skye above and Daniel into our breeding line and have learned a whole lot more on reds!
Skye came to me at 9 months old and fairly dark in what I understood to be a red coat with an abstract on her chest, dark brown points.
After 1 yr of age she has much white sprinkling her coat, but at least she hasn't faded to a cream coat which is what I'm trying to breed away from in my red program. Here she would be called an Apricot by some.
Daniel at 10 weeks old has black points and has a very red poodle coat at this time.
As Daniel grows, we will watch his coat color...it probably won't show any major changes (hopefully none) until 1 year of age. Then I'll know if he's going to be like his dad and get darker red as he ages.
*********************8. A Black, Blue and Silver poodle coat...Besides the first paragraph's link above to a great explanation of these colors, here is my discernment of my Standard Poodle coats with the breeding parents I currently have/have had. I've learned a lot! Jupiter was my first male black and from the link data, he appears to be a nice "black".
Cleopatra appeared to be a Black but now I can see she is a definite Blue at 2 years of age with her brown eyes, and white hairs throughout her coat now. Ike in the picture below is a pretty true Black at 7 years of age with black eyes and rarely a white hair on his back!
Izzy above at 4 yrs of age is called a Blue with much grey/white hairs throughout her coat. She has black/brown eyes but with the coat hues of white/grey She is called a Blue.
When buying one of our Royal Standard Poodles, yes you have your idea of "A Perfect Pup" yet don't forget to look at who they will become with your love and family :-) Breeders and other notes: "Breeding" pups will be solid color only for solid color programs. Parti colored breeding programs can use mismark/abstracts."PET ONLY" pups may be solid brown color, red, apricot, cream, black, blue, silver and/or have the white chest mismark/abstract, or a rare phantom may be bornHair texture; soft verses stiffer, thin verses thickColor; regular chocolate candy bar verses dark chocolate candy bar :-)Size; largest pup verses smallest (never a guarantee on size) If they are 1 pound at birth, these kids 100% of the time grow to Royals. A down-payment early on allows your choice of this Royal pup/s.Temperament; alpha of litter verses a followerDown-payments place you in line for a pup in the sequence you have sent your down payment according to another...1, 2, 3... so if you are interested in moving forward with us, please fill out the form below.
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