What’s a black sheepadoodle?
That’s exactly in its name. It’s a sheepadoodle puppy that is completely black! To find a black sheepadoodle from our current litter, please click on this link.
So, how do you get a black sheepadoodle?
Standard F1 sheepadoodle puppies come from a Standard Poodle and an Old English Sheepdog. At Sheepadoodle.dynasty, Donalli Donald is our Stud and he is an apricot color Standard Poodle. His mom was a black Standard Poodle and his dad was an apricot Standard Poodle. His wife, Sevi, is a 50-lb Standard Old English Sheepdog. She is a gray/white sheepdog with an eyepatch.
Their first litter, Sevi and Donald had 1 black sheepadoodle! It has been said that black sheepadoodles are not as common. Sometimes, there may only be one puppy that is an all-black sheepadoodle! Because of that, it makes the all-black sheepadoodle next to being rare as a brown tuxedo sheepadoodle. That was the case with their litter.
To get sheepadoodle puppies, at Sheepadoodle.dynasty, our couple is Donald (poodle) and Sevi (OES). Our other couple is Kingston (OES) and Bailey (poodle).
This combination will produce the cutest F1 sheepadoodles. F1 are 50% of each breed. Based on observations and experiences, it’s a bit unpredictable how the sheepadoodle puppies will turn out in terms of which traits they take from which parents. However, we’ve noticed that Donald’s puppies, have his poodle hair- wavy and smooth. With Kingston’s puppies, the puppies all have his coat pattern- white head and brown/black bodies.
When we combine an apricot poodle with a gray/white Old English Sheepdog, the sheepadoodle puppies are 50% OES and 50% poodle with black being a dominant color since both of them have black even if Donald is apricot.
The most common pattern is black/white and they may come out tuxedo black/white or not. In a litter, it is possible to have one or maybe zero black sheepadoodles; therefore, it makes them rare.
Because standard poodles can come in many colors, when combined with a gray/white OES, the sheepadoodle puppies come out mostly black and white. In rare instances, they may come out all black. To get brown sheepadoodles, the breeding is selective and the parent dogs are chosen carefully to create that rare color.
It’s interesting to think that what you learned in 8th grade Science can now benefit in the process of predicting the colors and patterns of the sheepadoodle puppies!
Who knew that I should have paid more attention while learning about the Punnett Squares.
Some breeders have manipulated the process by creating F1B sheepadoodle puppies to get those all-black sheepadoodles. F1b sheepadoode puppies are 25% OES and 75% Standard Poodle. Depending on what you’re looking for, an F1B has more poodle in them which means they will be even better for people with allergies.
This is another one of our black F1b sheepadoodle enjoying being bottle fed!
These puppies started getting bottle fed at Day 1. There were ten of them so we wanted to make sure everyone was getting all the nutrients they needed to grow 🙂