Labdoodle

[Bonny]

Does anyone know what breed a Labadoodle is? I see this breed of dog advertised in the Des Moines Sunday Register. Is it a Lab Poodle X? I wonder what that would look like? LOL !?! Man once again messing with mother nature. Ugh!!!!

[GraciesMommy]

ACtually they are quite beautiful and they have had special on them on Animal Planet..I dont think its messing with MN at all..calling them the perfect breed for allergy type folks. The special I watched was a family who was finally able to have a dog after getting a Labradoodle, because the mother was not allergic to it..

[lute]

GraciesMommy, i saw that show also and ya know the whole time i was thinking if they wanted a non-shedding dog, there are plenty of other breeds that don't shed. for example: any size poodle, maltese, yorkshire terrier, bedlington terrier, afghan hound, ect. i think that if the people wanted a breed that didn't shed for their family,there were PLENTY of other breeds for them to choose from. i love your little gracie, and please don't think i'm putting you down because you have a poodle cross, because i'm not.

bonny,
labradoodles are beautiful dogs! yes, they are a cross of lab and standard poodle. some people say they are the best of both breeds. i think if you want both breeds....get both dogs. don't breed them together to make more homeless dogs.(just my 2 cents)

the labradoodle comes in two coat types. curley and kinda wirey. they have minimal shedding if any at all. they get to be kinda big and need plety of exercise. we have two at the petstore i work at right now and they eat like cows! they need to be brushed everyday to prevent knots.

i added a couple pics.

curley coats-



wirery coat-




hope this helps.

[MaryJae]

Labradoodles are a mixed breed and alot of people think that this is an actual breed so they pay thosands of dollars for one which is ridculous.

They are pretty dogs, but there are plenty of Labs and Poodle mixes(plus, alot of other breeds) in shelters all over this country that need a home. Breeds like Labradoodles, Cockapoos, Yorkie Poos, Bugs, "Pocket" Beagles, "Teacup" Chihuahuas, etc., are all designer mutts bred by BYBs. Please remember that there is NO such thing as Pocket or Teacup breeds and there's NO need to buy an animal when you can adopt one from a shelter/rescue instead.

It doesn't really matter if a dog sheds alot or not and there really isn't such a thing as a hypoallergenic dog. What makes a person allergic to a dog is the dander in a dog's coat. Poodles, Malteses and some other breeds just have less dander, but that doesn't mean you won't be allergic to it.

[Bonny]

Oh my that is one big brown looking labadoddle in the picture you posted Lute. Thank you for sharing the info & pictures. Our son has a black lab., pup about 8 months old now & it eats like a horse & is the size of a small horse. LOL !!! That is why I was curious because I could not imagine what a labadoddle would even look like. Now I know. My husband thought it was ugly looking, I think it looks comical.

[Bonny]

I have another question? I also saw ads for Minature Australian Shepherds. I own an Australian Shepherd & was wondering how they came up with the minatures. Do they breed smaller dogs of this breed till they get them down to the minature size? Also how do they determine a new breed? Does the American Kennel Club have to accept it first? Some of the tea cup dogs that Mary Jae mentioned I don't think are accepted as a breed. They are kind of a novelty & to me look like little rodents. Just my humble opinion is all.

[cali]

a mini aussie is another name for a north american sheperd, they are just called mini aussies because they look like a mini version of an aussie (a lady who owns 2 of Happys sibblings also have 2 mini aussies)

[MaryJae]

I don't think there really is such a thing as Mini Aussies...just another BYB breed. Backyard breeders breed Beagles with Chihuahuas and Dachshunds to make "Pocket" Beagles which is supposedly a new breed all on it's own. The "designer" breeds usually have plently of health problems because of bad breeding and/or their small size.

I've seen some BYB bred dogs who smaller than guinea pigs and I feel really bad for those dogs because none of this is their faults. The breeders are the ones to blame for everything they have to go through.

The only PUREbred dogs are the ones recognized with the AKC/CKC.

[MaryJae]

Sorry, double post.

[cali]

The only PUREbred dogs are the ones recognized with the AKC/CKC

NOT true, that is not true at all, there are THOUSANDS of PUREbred dogs that are not recignized by either.

[MaryJae]

Originally posted by cali
NOT true, that is not true at all, there are THOUSANDS of PUREbred dogs that are not recignized by either.

Do you mean the dogs from shelters and rescues? There's thousands of animals being put to sleep everyday in shelters all over this world...most are purebred. I know that a dog doesn't have to have papers to be considered purebred, I was just trying to make a point.

[cali]

no I mean there are thousands of breeds that are indeed purebred just not recignized lol

[Bonny]

All right now the American Kennel Club has to register the breed & accept it before it can become a breed? Does this have to do with keeping a record of all the genetics & actually coming up with some special standards to make the breed acceptable? I know there are plenty of throw away dogs out there. I am beginning to think there are more dogs & cats out there then there are people.

[cali]

the only thing needed for a dog to be considered pur bred is to breed true. for example until you can breed two cockapoo's together and get cockapoo's they are considered mutts. KC registaration as nothing whatsoever to do with wheather or not a dog is purbred, it is nothing but a system to keep track of dogs.

[MaryJae]

I'm not sure how you would go about registering a new breed, but just to get the facts straight...there are NO such things as Labradoodles, Maltipoos, Yorkiepoos(practically anything mixed with a Poodle), Bugs, Pocket Beagles, Teacup breeds, etc. They're all mixed breeds and will never be considered purebred. You can find ANY kind of pet(mixed or purebred) at an animal shelter/rescue near you up for adoption. It's much better to adopt a pet and save it's life, rather than wasting money and supporting backyard breeders and puppymills.