thanks, Jac and LeeBeth,
and remember if there's one thing that LIVING biology does, it's BREAK the rules!
I would completely concur with Helene in pricipal, but someone on the doodle zoo posted a picture of a really silver f1! So go figure!
Labs do not (typically) carry the (d) gene, and since it has to be there (in theory) on both sides, you get the salt/pepper look of your girls, in f1's as a rule. And "Lab" people have not typically learned about the "blue" color in poodles, and how they got that way, ya know?
So there ya go. that's my 2¢.
This guy CLEARLY had the (d) in his color genetics! In fact, he and 2 sibs all had a brownish cast to their black coats in the sunlight, which is how true silver poodles start to look before silvering out. That was fascinating even to Sue (kitsue) when I sent pics.
I LOVE genetics, exactly because they don't always work how they're supposed to! :shock: