What Color Poodle do I Breed to a ____?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions on thousands of Facebook Groups. This page is just to provide a quick answer, but I highly recommend you visit Color Loci & Poodles and Breeding For Color, for detailed answers.

What Color Poodle Should I breed to a Bernese Mountain Dog to produce the Perfect Tri color bernedoodle?

To produce Tri Bernedoodles the Poodle should be:

E/- (second allele is unimportant)
ky/ky (if the poodle is Kb/ky, then some puppies will be black)
at/at (if the poodle is ay/at then some puppies will be sable, some will be phantom, if the poodle is at/a or a/a, this is good)
sp/sp - the Irish spotting gene is not testable, but great success has been achieved by breeding parti or parti carriers to a BMD.

What color poodle should I breed to a golden retriever?

To produce the perfect golden/tan/red Goldendoodle the poodle should be:

e/e - (if E/e each puppy has a 50% chance at golden & 50% at black. if E/E 100% chance at black)
What about the white chest marks on a goldendoodle?
e/e
sp/sp (if S/sp - then 50% chance for each puppy to exhibit the chest pattern)