How can you tell if a black toy poodle will turn gray when it gets older?

I am getting a black toy poodle and i was wondering how you can tell if it will turn gray? is it if the face is gray when a peppy?|||if its coat isnt protected then it will|||Do you mean will the poodle turn silver? If so, you need to look at the pup's parents, one of them should be some shade of silver, if they are both jet black, your pup will not silver.


Silver pups are born black and start to silver around "the edges" as they grow.


You will see some silver coming in around the dogs nose, edges of the ears and on the toes.


If you mean will it turn grey as an old dog, most likely, most dogs get grey with advanced age.


You might google Silver Poodles.|||you cant tell but its almost certain that it will. black poodles are cute when they're pups but they usually turn into ugly little things. i work with poopdles every day and i have never seen a cute black poodle that is grown up. i suggest that you get a chocolate brown one because they stay cute and dont usually go grey they seem to have a sparkier personality (i dont know why) and ive never seen one that wasnt adorable|||Most dogs will have white/gray hairs on their face when they get older. There isn't much you can do about this though. The whole body won't change color (though it may fade).|||Im not sure if you can tell but our black miniature poodle turned out to be silver. P.S silver/grey poodles are called phantom poodles. hope i helped|||It shouldn't never turn gray. I mean the face will get grayish white but not the whole body.|||Unless it gets really old its not going to turn grey..|||look at the paws between the nails and that will give you the best answer.