Labradoodle Dog

While the Labradoodle dog is a unique breed of dog, you would never guess that it comes from two of the most common dogs out there. Originally the concept was very simple. You just take 1 full blooded Labrador Retriever and breed it with a full-blooded Poodle. This combination of dog breeding would give us a new breed of dog and people do refer to this dog as a Labradoodle dog.

Now you can take a good look at the picture above and see what this Labradoodle looks like. Don’t expect to find a lot of other Labradoodles matching these same features. Another Labradoodle can have a shorter or longer hair-coat, be a different color, and even the size seems to have a pretty wide variation; when you consider there isn’t a lot height on these unique breeds of dogs to begin with.

I’m not sure how much control these dog breeders have; when it comes to determining how the finish product will look, after its been born. A dog owner that prefers the Poodle’s features and characteristics can take a second generation Labradoodle and breed it with a Poodle, so it would create a litter of puppies that would be 75% Poodle and only 25% Labrador Retriever. In fact, the f1b labradoodle definition is a 2nd generation Labradoodle dog that has a 3/4 amount of Poodle bloodline, so dog owners and Poodle lovers can have a better chance of retaining that coat that can only come from the characteristics of a Poodle. The F1B Labradoodle will have Labrador Retriever bloodlines for the remaining 1/4 of the dog’s make-up.

Now the breeding doesn’t stop at this level and this is only the beginning for these breeders that are pairing Labs and Poodles together. The whole process gets a lot more complicated as you advance down the evolutionary scale. You can get into the F2 Labroodles which some dog owners will probably claim that’s the perfect mix of Poodle and Labrador Retriever. For each one of them, you can probably find as many F3 Labradoodle owners that will claim superiority for their unique breed of dog. This breed mixing puzzle could really go on forever and never have the same 2 bloodlines appear again.  

Not all of the breeding is done with coat, color, and height in mind. People who have allergies or just seem to be allergic to a lot of different things, could probably own an labradoodle hypoallergenic as a pet. This is one of the positive things I see from these breeding experiments. A pet dog that wouldn’t upset someone that was real sensitive to germs and allergies. I’m not sure if I am ready to go out and pick up a version of this Poodle/Lab mix. I have always thought Labrador Retrievers were the smartest dogs out there. I would love to own a pure Lab puppy, but I don’t think I would want any Poodle bloodlines in my pup.

What do you think? Ready to run out and get a Labradoodle puppy? Or do you think you will pass on the entire breed? From the F1 Labroodle all the way up to the F100 Labradoodle makes no difference to you, because you will never own a Labradoodle dog for the simple fact they are ______________? (please fill-in the blank, if you don’t like this unique breed of dog)