Meet the parents.
We’d rather show you than tell you. Every report is here to read.
Ginger
Our founder’s dog, and the reason all of this exists. 28 lb, gentle, steady, and patient with everyone. 70.2% Poodle and 29.8% Golden Retriever by DNA, with a wavy, furnished, light-shedding coat. She raised Lacey in this house the same way she’s raising these six.
- About 70% Poodle, 30% Golden Retriever
- Furnished, wavy coat, likely light shedding
- 28 lb
Ginger’s Embark health results are private to her account. Ask and we’ll share them.
Embark
70.2% Poodle (50% Small, 20.2% Standard), 29.8% Golden Retriever
- Coat color
- No dark hairs anywhere (ee); any pigmented hair likely apricot or red
- White spotting
- Likely little to no white in coat (SS); no merle (mm)
- Furnishings
- Likely furnished: mustache, beard, and/or eyebrows (FI)
- Coat length
- Likely long coat (LhLh)
- Coat texture
- Likely wavy coat (CT)
- Shedding
- Likely light shedding (CT)
- Nose and feet
- Likely black colored nose/feet (BB)
- Predicted adult weight
- 28 lb
- Hind dewclaws
- Unlikely (CC)
- Eye color
- Less likely to have blue eyes (NN)
Lacey
Ginger’s daughter, born and raised in this house: the second generation of our program. She came out mostly poodle, 85.6% by DNA, which is why she stayed small at 12 to 14 lb and why her puppies are the smallest we raise. Calm, affectionate, and never far from someone’s feet. One honest note: Lacey’s own coat is unfurnished and she sheds. Her puppies inherit furnishings and a reduced-shedding copy from their father.
- 85.6% Poodle, 14.4% Golden Retriever
- 273 health risks screened, 271 clear
- 12–14 lb
Embark predicted 21 lb; she’s 12–14. That’s why we call grown sizes estimates.
What Lacey’s tests found, in plain English.
273 genetic health risks screened. 271 clear. Here are the other two, and one coat result worth knowing about.
prcd-PRA, an inherited eye condition. Lacey carries one copy. A dog needs two copies to be affected, so Embark expects no effect on Lacey. She passes her copy to about half her puppies. Donald’s 30-condition panel did not include this test, so his result for it is not on file.
CDDY / IVDD Type I, a variant linked to disc disease. Lacey carries one copy, which Embark reports as increased risk. Donald tested clear, so each puppy has about an even chance of inheriting one copy, and none can inherit two. Embark notes that one copy is enough to raise risk, that the variant is common in many small breeds, and that many dogs who carry it never develop disc problems. The advice is the same as for any small dog: keep them lean and fit, and talk to your vet.
Merle. Lacey carries one merle allele and shows no merle pattern. Donald has none. No puppy in this litter can inherit two copies, which is the double-merle combination associated with hearing and vision defects. About half may carry Lacey’s single copy without showing it. It matters for one reason: a carrier should never be bred to another merle carrier.
A genetic test is not a diagnosis, and no test can promise a dog will never have a health problem. What we can promise is that we test, we publish what we find, and we stand behind our puppies in writing.
Embark, kit EM-65772440, tested September 11, 2026
85.6% Poodle (73.0% Small, 12.6% Standard), 14.4% Golden Retriever
273 genetic health risks screened: 271 clear. One carrier result (prcd-PRA, one copy) and one increased-risk result (CDDY/IVDD Type I, one copy). Both explained in plain English below.
Coefficient of inbreeding 5%
- Coat color
- Solid black: dominant black (KB/ky) over Ee; intense red pigmentation carried, not visible; no dilution (DD); black nose and feet (BB); little to no white (SS)
- Merle
- One merle allele (M*m). No merle pattern shows on Lacey. Embark cannot tell which type of merle allele it is.
- Coat length and texture
- Long coat (LhLh); curly coat (TT)
- Furnishings
- Unfurnished (II): no beard or eyebrows on Lacey. Every puppy inherits one furnishings copy from Donald, which points to a furnished face
- Shedding
- Likely heavy or seasonal shedding for Lacey herself (MC5R CT). Each puppy inherits one reduced-shedding copy from Donald
- Predicted adult weight (Embark)
- 21 lb predicted; Lacey finished at 12 to 14 lb
- Genetic diversity
- Coefficient of inbreeding 5%; MHC class II (DLA DRB1) high diversity
- Maternal line
- Haplogroup A1a, haplotype A399 (most common in Golden Retrievers)
- Hind dewclaws
- Unlikely
- Eye color
- Less likely to have blue eyes
Photo: Perdue Puppies
Donald
The father of both litters. A white Mini Poodle, 18 lb, bred by Perdue Puppies in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, where he lives. He isn’t ours and he isn’t here, so he’s not part of video calls or visits. His full Wisdom Panel report is: 30 conditions tested, 30 clear.
Bred by Perdue Puppies, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
- 98% Poodle
- 30 conditions tested, 30 clear
- About 18 lb
Wisdom Panel, kit ESZWJPHHTV, tested August 25, 2026
60% Poodle (Medium and Standard), 38% Poodle (Toy and Miniature), 2% Peruvian Inca Orchid
30 conditions tested: 0 at risk, 0 carrier, 30 clear. The panel includes CDDY/IVDD (clear) and does not include prcd-PRA.
- Health summary
- 0 at risk, 0 carrier, 30 conditions clear, including CDDY/IVDD (zero copies). prcd-PRA is not on this panel.
- Coat color
- Recessive red, two copies (e1/e1): cream to red coat likely
- White spotting
- Piebald, one copy: the likely source of the blazes in Ginger’s litter
- Merle
- Zero copies
- Furnishings
- Two copies: every puppy inherits one
- Coat length and curl
- Long coat; curly coat likely (two copies)
- Shedding
- Reduced shedding, two copies: every puppy inherits one
- Predicted ideal adult weight
- 13–31 lbs (breeder reports 18 lb)
- Hind dewclaws
- No effect
- Date of birth
- August 2024
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