Why is your 'golden' doodle black?

After posting the pictures of our new puppy, as well as e-mailing them to family, I received the same question many times. Why is your 'golden' doodle black? So, in hopes of answering many people at once, here is the answer.

Golden Doodles are not purebred, but a hybrid dog. They are a combination of a golden retriever and a poodle. In our case a BLACK standard poodle is Mocha's father. Because a poodle comes in pretty much every doggie color, doodles come in a wide variety of colors as well. Click HERE to see a photo gallery of the many colors of doodles. Doodles are supposed to shed less, if at all. It is said that a later generation doodle provides even less shedding. Another interesting item is that doodles are now coming in different sizes. My understanding is that the golden's are being bread with different size poodles to achieve this. This is where I believe the label of 'designer dog' refers to.

Feel free to post questions, I am still learning, but will always make an attempt to answer.