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one color to the next in the evolution to parchment or lavender. :+) I had a group of pups that they looked 'mottled' as puppies. You would have called them 'dappled' but this told me they would most definitely be a very light shade of the chocolate gene. For a while, they reminded me of 'old cheese' (you know how cheese gets kind of green mottling as it gets old).

As I said before, a sable must have TWO colors on the hair strand AS A PUPPY. You won't find two colors as they age because coat clipping takes the tips off.

Many times the color change begins around the eyes (looking like a mask!); inside the front legs; middle of the tail; along the edges of the hind legs and edges of the flank. All of this keeps spreading until it is complete around 2 + years old.

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What color is this pup going to be? — Peggy- Seaspray Australian Labra, Fri Jun 15 22:48

Have never seen one like this before! One week old - looks chocolate: Two weeks old: Three weeks old - coat starting to have "red" hue: Four weeks old - starting to lighten around the eyes: Five... more
- Parchment is the winner - look at these pictures ~ — Peggy- Seaspray Australian Labra, Sat Jun 16 12:55
  
  thanks to Ivy Hill Labradoodles beautiful dogs ~ http://www.givskov.it/Diverse/AnneGrete/Ivyhill%20-%2029082009/www.ivyhilllabradoodles.com/pascal.html Scroll down and notice the picture of him when... more
- - Here is my guy from my current litter. — Kiley/Harmony, Sat Jun 16 14:25
    
    There seems to be a lot of parchment going around these days.
  - - Oh - he is adorable! I can see the fading beginning. — Peggy- Seaspray Australian Labra, Sat Jun 16 21:35
      
      How old is he? I don't see that "reddish" tone yet.
    - - He is 5 weeks in the picture — Kiley/Harmony, Sat Jun 16 22:15
        
        He is more golden brown than reddish brown.
    - There certainly is! I have to laugh each time — Joyce of Annabelle Doodles, Sat Jun 16 15:58
      
      I read of cafe', parchment or lavender being 'rare' colors. What is rare is solid CHOCOLATE! Because most of our AL lines have creams, apricots, reds, whites, silvers all mixed in, the dilution genes ... more
    - - I agree! I think the chocolate to cafe — Kiley/Harmony, Sat Jun 16 16:43
        
        was the 'common' chocolate and both the dark and parchment were rare; now only the dark is.
- Looks like she is going to be a gorgeous shade of — Stefani, Sat Jun 16 06:35
  
  lavender or parchment...very pretty puppy!
- She is fading and will likely be the lightest shade of brown — Kendra~ Noble Vestal Labradoodle, Sat Jun 16 06:27
  
  I call it white chocolate others call it lavender or parchment but because those colors don't sound chocolate to clients I use the white chocolate, milk chocolate, chocolate and dark chocolate names.
- Looks like she is going sable — Jennifer-Ocean View LD, Sat Jun 16 03:02
  
  I have had a girl in each of my last two litters start this sable transformation and it seemed to happen around 3-6 weeks. Both were chocolates at birth and then hair started growing much lighter.... more
- - You can tell a sable early on. I doubt — Joyce of Annabelle Doodles, Sat Jun 16 07:10
    
    very much she will be a sable. The best way to identify a sable is when they have some length to their hair, pull one out and look with a magnifying glass with the hair on a white background. If the... more
  - - forgot the pictures! :-D — Jennifer, Sat Jun 16 12:08
    - Interesteing Joyce! Thanks. — Jennifer-Ocean View LD, Sat Jun 16 12:05
      
      This is a girl from a litter last year. I looked back at her pictures and at 4 weeks she was still chocolate...is this not a sable? She has some light phantom coloration to on her legs and light... more
    - - No, she is simply doing the changeover from — Joyce of Annabelle Doodles, Sat Jun 16 12:42

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