outwest

I know- she is getting orange in the sunlight and bright lights and inside in the house she isn't as orange! All I can think of is her hair reflects light back orange. It is so weird/coolio. I hope she keeps it. At 11 months old, she could still change some more. It must be an apricot/dark cream trait. I haven't seen many true apricot standards in person, but someone mentioned they do that.

Peppersb, I noticed your puppy looks similar to Bonnie, too. She is so cute! Do you have any other pictures to share?

peppersb

Here are some Cammie photos, hopefully showing how her color has changed over time. In the most recent one (with leaves on the ground), it looks like her head is very white, but I think that's the way the sun was hitting it. The top of her head is now light, but it does have some color. As you can see on her back, she has not faded to cream/white. But her back is now more tan/khaki than the stunning red/orange that Bonnie has retained.

The first photo is 7 weeks, with black siblings. The last one is very recent, at 8 months. She is a very little girl--now just over 20 inches and about 32 pounds. I'm guessing she'll grow another inch and end up at 35 to 40 pounds. I just love her size!

I love her golden retriever ears (the color of a golden retriever). Unfortunately, there is quite a bit of white/cream at the roots, especially towards the bottom of the ears. But there is still some color at the roots at the top of the ears. Will be interesting to see how she ends up. Initially the breeder told me she'd likely fade. But Zycona said that the fact that she had 2 black parents gives hope that she'll retain her color. Hoping that she does, and so far it is looking pretty good!

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outwest

Wow. Her coloring does look similar to Bonnies, but almost exactly like Bonnie's cousin Chili (my sister in laws puppy). Bonnie is a small standard, too. I am enjoying her size very much. Here is a picture of Chili and Bonnie (he is a Moyen poodle). He is getting whiter, though. I will have to get more pics of Chili.

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peppersb

Chili and Bonnie look adorable together. I was looking hard to try to find a moyen, but couldn't find any that appeared be be both well bred and not too far away from me. I feel very fortunate to have found such a small standard--they are not easy to find.

outwest

Bonnies breeder has a Moyen line of poodles and a standard line. I think they are high quality poodles. The standards are often more moderately sized, but she does have some full sized ones (up to about 24 inches max). Bonnie is about 22 inches tall and 38 pounds at 11 months old. They are beautiful dogs, but because her standards tend to be smaller, she only shows in UKC. UKC also accepts the Moyen size poodles while AKC doesn't. It's too bad because the Moyens are a lovely size.