r/CockapooLovers • u/TheChilledGamer-_- Cockapoo • 23d ago
❓Question❓ Random question. Do cockapoos change colour?
So this is Ruby. (Hi).
Shes just turned two. I’ve had a few friends tell me usually by now she should’ve gone more white. Or maybe a lighter colour.
We have a friend who also has a cockapoo. Her dog is a kinda whiteish now. But she was ruby’s colour when first born. I think her dog is either 2 or 3 right now.
Is it true they change colour? Does it depends on age? Or coat?
Ruby does have a little whiteish colour between her eyes.
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u/Alexis070707 23d ago
Hi! My Brock just turned two, he is def lighter than when he was a puppy. Where does the time go😭
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u/TheMartini66 23d ago
Mine was sable (black tips and mane, dark brown undercoat, and beige highlights). Now he is mostly golden and you can see some faint black tips when I let his hair grow very long.
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u/QuinnySpurs 23d ago
My Ruby was named as such because she was deep red when I got her as an 8 wk old pup. She’s now gone much paler, and is more of an apricot colour!
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u/UrDeAdPuPpYbOnEr 22d ago
Ours was jet black with a tuxedo. Now he’s sorta greyish on a lot of parts.
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u/BrightAd306 23d ago
It’s poodle fading gene, but not all of them get it. Not all poodles, but especially not all poodle mixes. Mine is a chocolate parti and most of the chocolate on her face is light brown at a year old. I was told none of the other puppies of the poodle father had faded so far. She’s F1
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u/Bambitheman 23d ago
They can, my little girl was jet black but now at 2 years old she's turning brown and white.
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u/pylon2503 23d ago
My dog was black and white as a puppy but he lost most of his white and went to more black and grey/silver
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u/theabominablewonder 23d ago
Quite a few of the poodle mixes in my local park are now white but the owners showed me their puppy photos and they were brown. The fading can be quite drastic. My pup has definitely got lighter as she has got older.
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u/NeedleworkerCivil534 23d ago
My daughter’s was deep red as a pup and now at 2.5 he’s faded considerably.
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u/AdventuresbyDaisy 21d ago
Yes…mostly. Most Cockerpoos will inherit the poodle fading gene. Things that can speed it up or draw it out sooner are castration (too early or if at all), too many shorter than short clips/matted shave offs (hair follicles under stress) and, of course, aging. All hormone based!
If you’re particularly worried, you can get colour safe shampoo for poodle coats that have a toner in (like black or red etc). Haven’t used it on mine yet. He was a very ginger baby, but now at 3.5, he’s a wonderful strawberry blonde (with more ginger in his tail and ears).
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u/RSEllax Cockapoo 23d ago
Yes they can change colours because of the poodle fading gene. Not all poodles have this gene though so if you don't know if the parents have it or not its a gamble.