Phantom poodles are not a different "breed"; they are merely a different color of poodle. They are not new. A phantom poodle a bi-colored poodle, but they aren't the same as a parti or blue merle poodle. A phantom has the markings of a doberman, in the exact same pattern. There are black phantoms (black and apricot, black and red, black and silver, or black and cream), chocolate phantoms (brown and apricot), red phantoms (red and apricot), and silver phantoms (silver and cream). As you can see by the pictures to the left and at the bottom of the page, phantoms are born with their markings, although some are more pronounced than others.

All of the puppies on this page have homes - they are only shown as examples.

Chocolate phantom poodle puppy
The color is the same as a red doberman.
Coco and Nibblet had a beautiful chocolate phantom puppy
in their November 2010 litter. Her name is Julianne.