How is the coloring of a poodle determined?

Does it involve recessive genes like those of eye or hair color in humans? Or, is it something spontaneous that is really hard to predict?

How is the coloring of a poodle determined?

Oooh- VERY complex! It does involve dominant and recessive genes- I don't know all the ins and outs, but here's a few things that I do know:

1.) Black is a dominant color- and I believe that white, too, is a dominant color-

if pair a white and a black, you will get a litter of whites and blacks, and similarly, I think if you pair 2 whites or 2 blacks, you are pretty much guaranteed a solid litter (all blacks or all whites)-

all other colors are associated with what's called a fading gene- meaning that the colors will not hold true as totally dark. In order to make a line of red poodles, let's say, hold their colors more, and stay darker longer, you need to avoid mating with any dog carrying the fading gene- so, you would mate a red with a black to get truer reds. The only colors that don't "fade" are black and, obviously, white. Most white poodles you see are actually cream poodles, btw.

Also, I know that the parti colored gene is recessive- so you can get partis if you mate two solid colored dogs if both had the parti gene.

Just like with many other breeds, color can be associated with certain characteristics- like the browns tend to be larger boned- many of the whites tend to have a softer, more cottony coat, etc.

That's about all I know about the colors of poodles! Hope that helped!

How is the coloring of a poodle determined?

Genetics

How is the coloring of a poodle determined?

genetics is random, u can use punnetts squares to predict it, but the punnetts squares arent even accurate, say u bred a homozygous brown with a homozygous white(and brown is dominant) the punnett says all the pups will be heterozygous brown(which means they are brown but they have a white gene in them, so their puppys could be white) but in realty some pups could be white and brown or all brown or all white, punnetts squares give you an idea, but its not 100% accurate

How is the coloring of a poodle determined?

Just like us !!! You get what you get.

How is the coloring of a poodle determined?

you can get em dna tested at the vets to see what colours they produce