Make that three...

As it turns out, the chocolate female puppy is also available. A family from Toronto had put a deposit on her, but then changed their mind so she is once again looking for a home. The timing was most unfortunate, as another family would have been ready to take her that very evening but since she was no longer available (and I couldn't convince them to consider a male instead!) they have since reserved a goldendoodle puppy.

It should be noted that the chocolate puppies are likely going to fade like their Mama to a beautiful milk chocolate-cafe colour. It is actually more rare for a chocolate labraoodle to stay deep chocolate than to fade - just the genetics they come with. Some of the pups could possibly fade even more (to parchment, for example) but Galena is cafe so they're most likely to be similar to her. Personally, I find her colouring quite stunning - the photo below doesn't do it justice. She has gorgeous silver-grey highlights in her milk chocolate fur that make it shine and glimmer in good lighting. It's very very pretty.

  Galena - 1 day before giving birth 

(notice the round belly!)

I still call the pups "chocolate" because at this point it's impossible to know how much they will fade and because that is their basic colour group.

I point this out because that was the sticking point for the family who reserved the chocolate female. They realized she was going to fade and weren't willing to take her if she wasn't going to stay dark chocolate - despite having assured me in advance that temperament was more important than either colour or sex of the puppy.

Oh well, live and learn.

Here are the available pups:

  Chocolate male #1 

  Chocolate male #2 

  Chocolate female 

These pictures are about 10 days old. We'll post updated ones in a day or two - the pups have changed a lot in that short time! They are now walking, running around, exploring the world, and playing with each other.