It has been necessary to re-arrange the puppy pen to accommodate the growth of the pups and to also introduce the potty areas. Intros take time and effort and LOTS of patience. They are also eating gruel and drinking water to help Cadbury begin the weaning process.
Since they are now 3 weeks+ old, I have also noticed changes in some of their coats already! I suspected that this would happen knowing that both parents carry dilution genes.
I mentioned colors like 'white chocolate' , cafe au lait, lavender, milk chocolate, parchment, and abstracts which means there is a second color on the solid pup such as white toes, chin, etc. It appears that all these colors will emerge in this litter. It will be so much fun to watch as metamorphosis takes flight - like gorgeous butterflies. :+)
This is a picture of a diluted colored Labradoodle. She is the mom of Rumple Sticks and lives at Rainmaker Ranch Labradoodles and is owned by Krista. She was chocolate colored as a pup. I believe that Rumple will eventually turn to her color which is identified as 'Cafe/Lavender'. You can distinctly see the bluish cast on her coat color.
It would be so helpful if you gave some examples. I am so lost I don't kmow where to begin. Maybe some recent pics and explanations would shed some light to us nubies!
ReplyDeleteOkay, the examples are right on my site! Cadbury is a cafe - she started out chocolate and over two years, she began to lighten to a 'lighter chocolate' and now she has both dark and light chocolate coloration on her body - like coffee with swirls of cream in it.
ReplyDeleteRumple has an even lighter dilute gene called 'Lavender'. You can easily see how he changed by just going to his page. The three little pics show how he evolved.
Dilutions are just that, they make dark colors lighter - think of a can of red paint and add some white to it - by doing that you now have the color pink!
The dilution genes turn a red doodle to an apricot; a chocolate dog to a cafe or lavender; a cream to a chalk or white.
Since many different colored dogs were used to create the Australian Labradoodle, it would be very difficult to find a mating that was ONLY comprised of chocolates bred to chocolates or reds bred to reds. Every line has mixed the colors at some point - so it is NEARLY impossible to not have dilute genes carried in Australian Labradoodles.
With American Labradoodles, you might fair a bit better as Labradors come in only three colors - chocolate, black and yellow. However, once you breed that Lab to a Poodle whose color lines carry a silver, blue or cream, you have brought in the dilution genes.
I hope this helps you understand dilutes in a very basic explanation.
I get it now. Thanks
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