COLORS AND COAT PATTERNS

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COAT PATTERNS TAKING AFTER THE OES.  CAN COME WHITE WITH BLACK PATCHES OR BLACK WITH WHITE PATCHES. VARIATIONS INCLUDE THE PARTI AND THE TUXEDO

THE TUXEDO COMES FROM THE BLACK & WHITE BUT HAS A BLACK BASE WITH WHITE FROM THE CHIN, NECK, CHEST AND PAWS

PARTI COLORING COMES FROM THE BLACK AND WHITE BUT THE BASE WHITE COVERS OVER 50% OF THE BODY.

COMMON COLOR TAKEN FROM BOTH POODLE AND OES LINES.  CAN HAVE PATCHS OF WHITE IN THE MUZZLE, NECK, CHEST, AND PAWS LIKE THE TUXEDO DESIGN.  THE GREY SHEEPADOODLE CAN ALSO HAVE BLUES, SILVERS AND EVEN BLACK TONES

SIMILIAR TO THE GREY SHEEPADOODLE BUT THE TONES ARE LIGHTER. NORMALLY COME IN BI-COLOR OR TUXEDO PATTERNS AND CAN HAVE WHITE PATCHES ON THEIR BODY.

SIMILIAR TO THE GREY AND SILVER BUT IS A DARKER AND RICHER COLOR.  TYPICALLY ACCOMPANIED WITH PATCHES.  THE DARKER COLORS CAN FADE INTO THE BLUE OR SILVER AS THEY AGE.

COMING FROM BOTH THE POODLE AND THE OES HERITAGE BROWNS CAN BE COMMON. FROM LIGHT TO DARK CHOCOLATE BASE AND CAN HAVE PATCHES OF OTHER SHADES OF CREAM, BROWN OR EVEN WHITE AND BLACK.  IF BROWN IS THE GOAL THEN A PARENT SHOULD HAVE RED OR APRICOT IN THEIR COATS.  VERY RARE IS A SOLID COLOR BROWN.

MOST COMMON TRI COLOR WILL INCLUDE BLACK, WHITE AND BROWN.  THE BLACK IS MORE DOMINANT WHILE THE BROWN WILL FADE INTO THE BLACK

RELITIVELY RARE AND IF THE SHEEPADOODLE WAS BLACK, IT WOULD USUALLY HAVE BLACK COAT, NOSE AND EYES.  NORMALLY THE POODLE PARENT SHOULD HAVE AN ALL BLACK COAT

VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A RED SHEEPADOODLE.  THE POODLE SHOULD HAVE A RED COAT. LATER THE RED CAN FADE INTO THE LIGHTER FAWN OR CREAM COLORS.  USUALLY THE PUP WITH HAVE WHITE OR CREAM PATCHES ON THEIR FACE NECK CHEST OR PAWS

WARM BEIGE TO A LIGHT TAN BASE COLOR.  OFTEN HAS SLIGHTLY REDDISH OR MUTED BROWN UNDERTONE, DARKER THAN APRICOT.  EARS AND MUZZLE USUALLY ARE DARKER THAN THE BODY.  

APRICOT IS MORE CARMEL OR PEACH TONE,

VERY LIGHT IVORY OR OFF WHITE.  SLIGHTLY BUTTERY OR WARM UNDERTONES BUT GENERALLY NEUTRAL.  EARS ARE SLIGHTLY DARKER THAN BODY BUT STILL PALE.  NOSE EYE RIMS ARE USUALLY BLACK OR DARK BROWN.  MINIMAL CONTRAST IN THE BODY, VERY SOFT AND LIGHT APPEARANCE

A RARE COMBO WHERE THE PUP HAS TIGER STRIP PATTERNS IN SHADES OF BROWN, BLACK OR GREY.

PHANTOM COATS ARE VERY RARE.  THEY HAVE A SOLID BASE COLOR WITH A 2ND COLOR UNDER THE CHIN, BEST, LEGS, BENEATH THEIR TAIL, ABOVE THEIR EYES OR ON THE SIDE OF THEIR MUZZLE

EXTREMELY RARE, THEY COME WITH A SOLID BASE BUT WITH A 2ND COLOR FOR THE TIPS.  THIS COAT CAN COME IN COMBO WITH THE FADING GENE

RAREST COAT WHICH HAVE A COMBINATION OF SIMILAIR TONES,   USUALLY HAS A SOLID BASE COLOR WITH PATCHES OF OTHER COLORS IN THE BODY 

MOST COMMON IN THE MERLE PATTERNS.BASE COLORS RANGE FROM SILVER, GREY OR SLATE = BLACK PATCHES THROUGHOUT THE BODY = OFTEN OAIRED WITH WHITE MARKINGS ON THE CHEST, FACE OR LEGS = SOME HAVE BLUE LEYES, OR ONE BLUE EYE THOUGH BROWN IS COMMON AS WELL.

BASE IS CREAM, TAN OR REDDISH BROWN = MARKINGS APPEAR IN LIVER, CHOCAOLATE OR MAHOGANY SHADES = FREQUESNTLY HAS WHITE SPOTTING ON THE CHEST AND FACE = EYE COLOR IS BROWN OR AMBER, BUT CAN BE BLUE

MERLE PATTERN WITH TAN MARKED PHANTOM POINTS = COMES IN BLUE MERLE PHANTOM OR RED MERLE PHANTOM = HAS CLEAR TAN POINTS ABOVE EYES, ON MUZZLE, CHEST AND LEGS = THE MERLE PATTERN OVERLAYS THE BLACK OR CHOCAOLATE AREAS

LARGE WHITE BODY WITH MERLE SPOTS OR PATCHES = TYPICALLY OVER 50% WHITE = MERLE COLORS APPEARS IN LATHE PATCHES ON THE BACK, SIDES, HEAD OR RUMP = CAN BE BLUE MERLE PARTI OR RED MERLE PARTI

MERLE COAT WITH CLASSIC TUXEDO-LIKE WHITE MARKINGS = WHITE APPEARS ON THE CHEST, CHIN, NECK AND FRONT LEGS = THE REST OF THE COAT IS BLUE OR RED MERLE = MORE STRUCTURED AND SYMMETRICAL THAN PARTI

THREE COLORS - MERLE + WHITE + TAN = USUALLY BLUE OR RED MERLE WITH WHITE MARKINGS AND TAN POINTS = PRODUCES A VERY COMPLEX SND STRIKING PATTERN

MERLE COAT WITH SMALL AREAS OF WHITE = WHITE MAY APPEAR ON THE CHIN, CHEST, PAWS, OR FOREHEAD = MERLE PATTERN STILL DOMINATES THE COAT

IF THE SHEEPADOODLE PUPPY HAS INHERITED THE FADING GENE THEIR COLORS WILL FADE INTO LIGHTERS GREYS, BLUE AND SILVER TONES OVER TIME.  BLACK CAN FADE INTO CHARCOAL, GREY AND SILVER.  RED CAN FADE INTO APRICOT OR CREAM.  CHOCOLATE CAN FADE INTO LIGHT BROWN, BEIGE