Poodle question???

**critter crazy** · 02-22-2007, 10:10 PM

There is a woman that has 3 Standard poodles, she has 2 whites and one Black. I see her all the time while I am driving downtown.The thing that draws my attention everytime, is that her Black poodle has a All white head! It is just the craziest looking thing! There is no other white on the dog, except it head and its ears. I have never seen such a thing! I have tried to find of pics on the net, but with no such luck. has anyone ever seen anything like this??? I wish I could get a pic, but i never know when I will see her, and it is hard to take pics while driving! he he he he! I just thought it was pretty cool!

**Giselle** · 02-22-2007, 10:19 PM

Sounds like a parti colored Poodle. It probably has other white spots on it but you can't see it from your distance. I do believe partis aren't allowed in conformation, and I don't think many (if any) breeders favor the continuation of that color.

**critter crazy** · 02-22-2007, 10:35 PM

I looked up Parti colored poodles, and I guess that is what it was. It was sure pretty tho, strange but very pretty. I had no Idea, that poodles could come in so many colors!

**IRescue452** · 02-23-2007, 05:09 AM

Wow. I just got done looking at partipoodleworld.com They are gorgeous. The UKC allows them to be shown of course. I love that all the markings are original and they aren't clones like parti cockers or siberian huskies. Can you imagine a poodle litter with all perfectly masked huskies. I bet if the AKC ever started accepting them that's the first thing american breeders would try to do, make them into exact matches so you get the same marking every time.

**Pam** · 02-23-2007, 05:28 AM

Yes they are parti-colored poodles and aren't intentionally bred. I also belong to a poodle board and I have seen a poodle such as the one you describe. There is also a parti-colored toy poodle that is a therapy dog at the convalescent home where my mother lives. Some people don't even realize that they are poodles because of their coloring. The woman who owns the therapy dog says that people are always asking what breed she is.

**critter crazy** · 02-25-2007, 04:33 PM

Very cool! I realy like the rust colored and white one. Very pretty. See you do learn something new everyday!

**wolfsoul** · 02-25-2007, 04:40 PM

There is a breeder in my city that breeds parti-colour miniatures and toys. My co-breeder considered breeding her black toy poodle to her male, but black is apparently the hardest colour to break, so it's unlikely she would get partis in the litter anways.

**Pam** · 02-25-2007, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by wolfsoul

There is a breeder in my city that breeds parti-colour miniatures and toys.

Really?

I had never heard of anyone doing that. I was always under the impression that parti-colored dogs couldn't even command the same price as a solid coated dog.

**wolfsoul** · 02-25-2007, 07:09 PM

Parti colours are still registerable and can be shown in, if I remember correctly, everything but CKC and AKC.

Here is a Champion parti..

**critter crazy** · 02-25-2007, 07:41 PM

I was reading on the Parti Poodle site, and I think they can be shown in everything but conformation. Here is the site I was looking at
http://www.partipoodleworld.com/

**Twisterdog** · 02-27-2007, 12:13 AM

I like parti poodles, personally. We groom a black and white one that is marked exactly like a panda bear. It's very cute! I know they are not "traditional", and normally I am a proponant of the traditional look in purebred dogs, but for some reason I have always thought parti poodles are striking.

**cassiesmom** · 03-08-2007, 05:15 PM

Poodle enthusiasts, I have a question. I have a new neighbor whose daughter visits with her little poodle, who is just the cutest. She doesn't participate in shows so she just has the dog in a regular clipped coat. The dog is kind of a creamy white color. Which got me thinking, I've seen white poodles, dark brown and black ones - Are all poodles solid colored? Is there such a thing as a multi-colored poodle? This little guy is so cute. He gets to bopping around and manages to find his way under chairs and beside feet, though, which is a little unnerving. Would not want him to get stepped on. I'll try to take his photo when they are visiting the poodle's "grandma" again. He's cute and smart, knows how to schmooze people to get petted.

**crow_noir** · 03-09-2007, 03:06 AM

Oh wow... I love the silver brindle one you posted! (The first one.)

I also like the one wolfsoul posted White with the black head.

**crow_noir** · 03-09-2007, 03:12 AM

I guess I'm different, but I usually end up wanting what's different. I don't want what everyone else wants.

I'd rather adopt. Say that in an alternate existence we could only buy dogs from breeders though... I'd pay more if i had to for an odd colored dog even if it was considered a major fault (so long as that color wasn't found to be specifically tied with some genetic problem.) I wouldn't care if people looked down on my dog for it. It only matters to me that my dog is special. (Up until the point where the is specific legislation against that color of dog.)

Like i said though. I'm different. While everyone else is trying to fit in, I'm trying my best to be least like everyone else. I want to be ME, not a clone of society.

Originally Posted by Pam

Really? I had never heard of anyone doing that. I was always under the impression that parti-colored dogs couldn't even command the same price as a solid coated dog.