No Labradoodle or Goldoodle I've personally seen has ever had a Poodle coat & they've all shed like a retriever (i.e., constantly!) -- But I don't know if that's always the case with every "doodle dog" (???)
I have a good friend who just paid $500 for a "hybrid" and the cost to go pick it up from the "breeder". The dog is a Maltese x and is in no way a "hybrid". My fiance and I told the couple that what they are getting is a mutt, not a "hybrid". The so called breeder has them thinking that the dog is something pretty special. We on the other hand laughed our faces off. We told them that there is no way that we would ever pay that much money for a mutt, period, full-stop. If I want a mutt I'll go to the local animal shelter and pay $40, not $500. Ridiculous! LOL
I just read on a Border Collie forum that someone had come across a "aussiedoodle" and a "borderdoodle" - talk about a disasterous mix! The report was the Borderdoodle only cost $1200...
Borderjacks were bad enough - high energy, intelligent, as well as spring loaded and yappy...
Some doodle dogs aren't shedders, some are low shedders, and some are normal shedders. I think in the original Labradoodle program they had about a up to 75% of the pups with low to no shed coats.
The only crossbreeding I can understand and agree with is if you know what you are doing and have a legitiment purpose (i.e. working dogs).
I work at a vet clinic and the majority of the new pups coming in are these "high dollar designer dogs" - from pug a poos, Shihons (shih tzu/bichon), tons of labradoodles and goldendoodles, puggles (pug/beagle ..have to say they are CUTE). Everyone has got on the designer thing we even have a client who paid over $4000 for a labradoodle and it's an idiot! What is wrong with these people why can't they go to the shelter and save some of those "designer dogs"!
I know a lot of the service dog groups are breeding lab/golden crosses, that's fine those serve a purpose. What's the purpose of a pug a poo!
But i do have a question for anyone that can answer. I do understand some of the reasoning for using a poodle in a breeding due to its hypo-allergenic coat. But, is that a heridatry trait that is guaranteed to be carried over to all of the pups in a litter? Take a Cock-a-poo...is it possible for some of the pups in that littler to have more a cocker spaniel type coat which isn't hypo-allergenic at all?
I believe that is correct. Just because you are aiming for a low shed coat doesn't mean you will get one, especially since the majority of these "breeders" probably don't know the first thing about genetics.
Working in a shelter, I think we need to market our dogs better. We need to ride the "designer dog" craze. Shelters should either play up the lineages of their mutts or work harder to educate people regarding these crosses and comparing the price of purchase vs adoption.
Regarding the pet store story.
I have read a lot online about how the puppy mills don't even produce pure breds a lot of the time, so people are paying a fortune for a mutt. I want to scope out my local pet store and see what kind of story I get regarding their pups, but I am waiting for a good moment. Perhaps I should pretend I am looking for a working GSD? I wonder if their "pet counselors" even know what that is.
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