Carlisimo Giovania (Carlo) is also a blue... but he is more of a parti-poodle. He has so many shades of grey... We were told they get their final color when they turn four. He is four now. Sasha Marie was that beautiful platinum color from the time she was 6..(That's what I was told) (we rescued her and I don't really know if that coloring had to do with all the stress she was under) She lived with a young man who had a drug problem and though he loved her to death, he left her alone for weeks at a time. At one point they lived in his truck. Finally one day after he was clean and sober and married, he just brought her over and said, I can't properly care for her... please take her. So we did. I know she knew she was rescued.. she was so sweet. (sorry to ramble.)