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Amber - Pawsh Poodle Groomer
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Do you know/can you tell the difference between a silver, blue and black poodle? This seems to be cause for confusion and I can see why, but with familiarity they’re very easy to tell apart! Let me explain. Here we have Mith, Mjölnir and Hades as puppies all approximately the same age. First: Mith is silver and it’s easily distinguished by a BRIGHT silver face from a young age. Usually by the first face shave (3-4 weeks) you can easily identify a silver puppy. Silver is black based and has ‘2’ copies of the poodle fading gene. Takes 1-3 years to clear to completely silver. Second: Mjölnir is blue. A little harder to tell, but when compared to a true black you can definitely see his blue gray face and lighter, brown tinged coat. Also black based and has ‘1’ copy of the fading gene. Takes 2-4 years to fully clear out to a blue coat color. Third: Hades is true black! His coat is uniformly black all over and will not lighten as he ages, except for natural graying at old age. This is a brief overview of these shades, there are many nuances to the fading and how it expresses in each dog, but hopefully this helps to differentiate between the three! #standardpoodle #minipoodle #blackpoodle #bluepoodle #silverpoodle #cutepoodles #poodlepuppies #poodlesofinstagram #poodleeducation #poodleobsessed #ilovepoodles