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Looking for a Labradoodle?
The AKC parent club, The Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. has the following to say in regards to
"Labradoodles"....
LABRADOODLES
The Labrador Retriever Club, Incorporated is dedicated to the health and welfare of the Labrador
Retriever breed while conserving the original breed function - that of a "working retriever." A
purebred dog offers to his owner the likelihood that he will be a specific size, shape, color and
temperament. The predictability of a breed comes from selection for traits that are desirable and
away from traits that are undesirable. When a breed standard or type is set, the animals within that
breed have less heterozygosity than do animals in a random population
A Labradoodle is nothing more than an expensive crossbred. Because the genetic makeup is diverse
from the Poodle genes and the Labrador genes, the resultant first generation (F1) offspring is a
complete genetic gamble. The dog may be any size, color, coat texture and temperament. Indeed
Labradoodles do shed. Their coat may be wiry or silky and may mat. Body shape varies with
parentage but tends to be lanky and narrow. Behavior varies with the dog and within a litter with some
puppies poodle-like in attitude and others somewhat like the Labrador Retriever.
The Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. is opposed to cross-breeding of dogs and is particularly opposed to
the deliberate crossing of Labrador Retrievers with any other breed. These crossbreds are a
deliberate attempt to mislead the public with the idea that there is an advantage to these designer
dogs. The crossbred dogs are prone to all of the genetic disease of both breeds and offer none of
the advantages that owning a purebred dog has to offer.
Frances O. Smith DVM, Ph.D.
LRC, Inc. Board of Directors
Diplomate American College of Theriogenology
June 20, 2005
(For more on Labradoodles read the article from the AKC Gazette by Mrs. Anne Rogers Clark) and if
you still want one of these so-called designer dogs (Labradoodles, Cockapoos, Poo-shihts), read this
article
Want a designer dog? Check the pound
Puggles, maltipoos are pricey — and essentially mixed-breed mutts
The AKC parent club, The Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. has the following to say in regards to
"Labradoodles"....
LABRADOODLES
The Labrador Retriever Club, Incorporated is dedicated to the health and welfare of the Labrador
Retriever breed while conserving the original breed function - that of a "working retriever." A
purebred dog offers to his owner the likelihood that he will be a specific size, shape, color and
temperament. The predictability of a breed comes from selection for traits that are desirable and
away from traits that are undesirable. When a breed standard or type is set, the animals within that
breed have less heterozygosity than do animals in a random population
A Labradoodle is nothing more than an expensive crossbred. Because the genetic makeup is diverse
from the Poodle genes and the Labrador genes, the resultant first generation (F1) offspring is a
complete genetic gamble. The dog may be any size, color, coat texture and temperament. Indeed
Labradoodles do shed. Their coat may be wiry or silky and may mat. Body shape varies with
parentage but tends to be lanky and narrow. Behavior varies with the dog and within a litter with some
puppies poodle-like in attitude and others somewhat like the Labrador Retriever.
The Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. is opposed to cross-breeding of dogs and is particularly opposed to
the deliberate crossing of Labrador Retrievers with any other breed. These crossbreds are a
deliberate attempt to mislead the public with the idea that there is an advantage to these designer
dogs. The crossbred dogs are prone to all of the genetic disease of both breeds and offer none of
the advantages that owning a purebred dog has to offer.
Frances O. Smith DVM, Ph.D.
LRC, Inc. Board of Directors
Diplomate American College of Theriogenology
June 20, 2005
(For more on Labradoodles read the article from the AKC Gazette by Mrs. Anne Rogers Clark) and if
you still want one of these so-called designer dogs (Labradoodles, Cockapoos, Poo-shihts), read this
article
Want a designer dog? Check the pound
Puggles, maltipoos are pricey — and essentially mixed-breed mutts
November 2010 -- Australian Wally Conron was the first to cross the Labrador Retriever with a Poodle. Mr.
Conron details his regrets in an eye-opening article in the UK newspaper "The Guardian". Please take a moment
to read it...."Whose Bright Idea was That?"
Conron details his regrets in an eye-opening article in the UK newspaper "The Guardian". Please take a moment
to read it...."Whose Bright Idea was That?"