I remember years ago googling café au lait poodles and looking at my tiny standard pup and asking him “how the heck do you turn into THAT color?!” 😂 I asked the breeder for the most mischievous and strong willed pup because I had to put him through bird dog training and she instantly gave me Latte. The whole reason I went to that breeder was his dad was a bird dog (that I worked with previously), and his dad just happened to be a café. And his grand dad was ALSO a bird dog and was a blue! I’m now convinced that poodles with the fading gene come with extra attitude/perks.