What the heck is a miniature Australion Lapradoodle???

[Allecto]

Yes, I know, all I really said was that allergies kept people from being able to pick up just any old mutt, and that some DOGS (dogs, not breeds) are less likely to trigger allergies. The hypollergenic assertion just kind of got pinned on me.

[Lady's Human]

People who have dog sensitive allergies need to live with a dog for a time to determine if the animal will trigger their allergies or not. The designer mutt industry has tagged labradoodles, schnoodles, etc, as being hypoallergenic, which they are most certainly not.

[Bigyummydog]

I always make a joke about not charging 'extra' for the fur. MAXIMUS sheads somethin' awful....Yeah, that's supposed to be funny, about the extra fur they may have on their stuff before they get it back. Anyway, this lady was saying, as I measured her hem lines....."The lab puppy we just got is mixed with a poodle, so she is not supposed to shed." What's that supposed to mean? I just...OOOO...almost went off on her. I should have stuck her with a pin(I've never done that, BTW.) Designer dogs!!!!!!!! AAhhh!!! Dogs made just to be what some people think they need/want. Aren't we supposed to accept them as they are? I think it would be better to have designer humans. Wouldn't that be cool??? Make people what they "should" be. Not what we think they should be.....but, what they really should be. That's just what I think though. I need to go to bed, I've been up too long. I think, I'm thinking to much to be reading PT. I may just get really ugly about some things. And, not because I don't mean it.

[cloverfdx]

Yep they are Miniature Poodle/ Labrador Xs . Our kennell club is not at all interested in taking on this "new breed", thank doG .

[lv4dogs]

Just another yucky desinger name. I refuse to call any labradoodles, or goldendoodles & the such a breed no matter what.
They will NEVER EVER be a breed, a breed is what you get when you breed 2 of the same dogs to get that dog. Well with those dogs you have to breed a lab & a poodle to get a labradoodle, you CAN NOT breed a labradoodle with a labradoodle and get labradoodle puppies. They have to half & half.

Personally I could not of kept my mouth shut in your situation. I would of told them exactly that and more. I wouldn't care if I sounded stupid, I'd just point out that that I am stupid when it comes to dogs that are not breeds, they aren't breeds to begin with and they never will be.

[areias]

Yea, its probably just a mixed breed. I hate designer dogs!

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but on a similar note, we had an "Australian Bush Terrier" come into the kennel last year. I just though it kind of looked like a Dachshund mixed with something with fur. What do you think? I couldn't find anything on the internet about them.

[Jessika]

Yea, its probably just a mixed breed. I hate designer dogs!

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but on a similar note, we had an "Australian Bush Terrier" come into the kennel last year. I just though it kind of looked like a Dachshund mixed with something with fur. What do you think? I couldn't find anything on the internet about them.

Could it have just been a long-haired dachshund??

[lute]

i don't like designer dogs. they are just stupidly priced mixed breeds. alot of them end up in humane societies and don't get adopted. when i worked at a petstore they had a litter of labradoodles ON SALE for $2,000!!! amazingly they all sold quickly!

[Flatcoatluver]

At our shelter we got a litter of lapradoodle's and in a weekend they all got homes

[finn's mom]

They will NEVER EVER be a breed, a breed is what you get when you breed 2 of the same dogs to get that dog. Well with those dogs you have to breed a lab & a poodle to get a labradoodle, you CAN NOT breed a labradoodle with a labradoodle and get labradoodle puppies. They have to half & half.

I disagree with the whole designer dog thing, too...but, isn't this how almost all breeds started out? Breeding two different types of dogs for enough years to eventually consistently and predictably get the same puppies with the desired characteristics? It makes sense that if they keep breeding these dogs, that eventually you would be able to breed a labradoodle to a labradoodle and get labradoodles. I just hate the stupid names they make up for them. It's dumbing it down for people so that they know what they're getting. Ugh. I mean, if they're really trying to come up with a new, long lasting breed with future hopes that it will be recognized, why not just come up with a completely new name? Anyway...it's a cycle that will always always be moving...unfortunately.

[Flatcoatluver]

I disagree with the whole designer dog thing, too...but, isn't this how almost all breeds started out? Breeding two different types of dogs for enough years to eventually consistently and predictably get the same puppies with the desired characteristics? It makes sense that if they keep breeding these dogs, that eventually you would be able to breed a labradoodle to a labradoodle and get labradoodles. I just hate the stupid names they make up for them. It's dumbing it down for people so that they know what they're getting. Ugh. I mean, if they're really trying to come up with a new, long lasting breed with future hopes that it will be recognized, why not just come up with a completely new name? Anyway...it's a cycle that will always always be moving...unfortunately.

yeah but do we really need more dogs in our population with thousands of healthy dogs are dying every year??

[finn's mom]

yeah but do we really need more dogs in our population with thousands of healthy dogs are dying every year??

you're seriously asking me that? i didn't say at any point that i agreed with it at all. i was just making a comment based on this comment "a breed is what you get when you breed 2 of the same dogs to get that dog"...because that, as far as i know, isn't the way it happens.

[Jessika]

yeah but do we really need more dogs in our population with thousands of healthy dogs are dying every year??

Well the same arguement could be used against breeding the current breeds, you know??

I don't agree with designer breeds but at the same time that IS how our current breeds all came to be in most cases. Now more "established" designer breeds SUCH AS the Labradoodle have a better chance of becoming a "real" breed but other ones like the Puggle and whatnot are crosses that are only made to feed the public for a certain time span. Once the public is bored with Puggles those "breeders" will move on to a new "designer breed". It's sick but true.

[IRescue452]

Quotes:
"yeah but do we really need more dogs in our population with thousands of healthy dogs are dying every year??"

"I don't know but it just sickens me thinking there is tons of mixed breed dogs (beutiful by the way) that are sitting in a shelter watching their life pass them by."

Well there are 2,344 golden retrievers (to pick a breed) on petfinder right now, and many purebred puppy litters. So when a "reputable breeder" (not to mention any names) sells puppies, don't they also lessen the chance for shelter puppies to be adopted? I mean they cancelled out a family that was looking for a golden puppy. If you read my siggie I hope you agree that all breeders, even show breeders, should stop unless they are willing to do something with the shelter dogs that lost their chance because of them.

[finn's mom]

and, just a question...is it laPradoodle? Or laBradoodle? I mean, it makes more sense that it's the second one, but, heck, the whole thing doesn't make sense, so, I wasn't sure. I've seen it both ways, but, I'm assuming one way is right...anyone know for sure? I thought it was labradoodle...