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What is a Good Labradoodle Breeder?

January 12, 2011 | Author Labradoodle Puppies

A Labradoodle Breeder (with a Capital B) is one who thirsts for knowledge and never knows it all,
one who wrestles with decisions of conscience, convenience, and Commitment.
A Labradoodle Breeder is one who sacrifices personal interests, finances, time, friendships,
fancy furniture, and deep pile carpeting!
She gives up the dreams of a long, luxurious cruise in favor of turning that all
important show into this years “vacation.”
Labradoodle Breeders go without sleep (but never without Coffee!) in hours spent planning a
breeding labradoodles or watching anxiously over the birth process, and afterwards, over every
little sneeze, wiggle or cry.
A Labradoodle Breeder skips dinner parties because that litter is due or the babies have to be fed
at eight. She disregards birth fluids and puts mouth to mouth to save a gasping
newborn, literally blowing
A Labradoodle Breeder’s lap is a marvelous place where generations of proud and noble
champions once snoozed.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s hands are strong and firm and often soiled, but ever so gentle and
sensitive to the thrusts of a labradoodle puppy’s wet nose.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s back and knees are usually arthritic from stooping, bending and sitting in
the birthing box, but are strong enough to enable the breeder to the next choice pup
to a Championship.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s shoulder’s are stooped and often heaped with abuse from competitors,
but they’re wide enough to support the weight of a thousand defeats and frustrations.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s arms are always able to wield a mop, support an armful of labradoodle puppies or
lend a helping hand to a newcomer.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s ears are wondrous things, sometimes red (from being talked about) or
strangely shaped (from being pressed against a phone receiver), often deaf to
criticism, yet always fine-tuned to the whimper of a sick puppy.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s eyes are blurred from pedigree research and sometimes blind to her own
dog’s faults, but they are ever so keen to the competitions faults and are
always searching for the perfect specimen.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s brain is foggy on faces, but can recall pedigrees faster than an IBM
computer. It’s so full of knowledge that sometimes it blows a fuse; it catalogues
thousands of good bones, fine ears, and perfect heads…and buries in the soul the
failures and the ones that didn’t turn out.
A Labradoodle Breeder’s heart is often broken, but it beats strongly with hope everlasting…
and it’s always in the right place!
Oh, yes, there are labradoodle breeders, and then, there are LABRADOODLE BREEDERS!!!!

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Labradoodle Breed Information

November 9, 2010 | Author Labradoodle Puppies

What is a Labradoodle?

A Labradoodle is a crossbred (hybrid) dog created by crossing the Labrador Retriever and the Standard or Miniature Poodle.

Labradoodle

History

The first known use of the term “Labradoodle” was by Sir Donald Campbell to describe his Labrador/Poodle cross dog in his 1955 book, “Into the Water Barrier”. However, the Labradoodle was first bred deliberately in 1988, when Australian breeder Wally Conron crossed the Labrador Retriever and Standard Poodle at Guide Dogs Victoria.

Conron’s aim was to combine the low-shedding coat of the Poodle with the gentleness and trainability of the Labrador, and to provide a guide dog suitable for people with allergies to fur and dander. He’d received a request from a vision impaired woman in Hawaii for a guide dog that did not aggravate her husband’s allergy to dog hair. Originally he planned to train a Standard Poodle, but hair and saliva samples of thirty-three different poodles sent to the woman’s husband all caused an allergic reaction. A Labradoodle litter was bred, and the husband did not have an allergic reaction to one of the puppies from the litter. This puppy, Sultan, was successfully trained by Guide Dogs Victoria, and became the first Labradoodle Guide dog.

Although Guide Dogs Victoria no longer breed Labradoodles, they are bred by other guide and assistance dog organizations in Australia and elsewhere. Labradoodles are now widely used around the world as guide, assistance, and therapy dogs as well as being popular family dogs.

Appearance and temperament

The Labradoodle as a dog breed is still developing, and puppies do not have consistently predictable characteristics. While many Labradoodles display desired traits, their appearance and behavioral characteristics remain, from an overall breed standpoint, unpredictable.

As such, Labradoodles’ hair can be anywhere from wiry to soft, and may be straight, wavy, or curly. Many Labradoodles do shed, although the coat usually sheds less and has less dog odor than that of a Labrador Retriever.

Like most Labrador Retrievers and Poodles, Labradoodles are generally friendly, energetic and good with families and children (although as with any dog the temperament may vary between individuals). Labradoodles often display an affinity for water and strong swimming ability from their parent breeds.

Like their parent breeds, both of which are amongst the world’s most intelligent dog breeds, Labradoodles are very intelligent and quite trainable, often seeking commands and finding pleasure in learning. Labradoodles can be taught to obey verbal or sign language commands, or both.

Types of Labradoodles

There is no consensus as to whether breeders should aim to have Labradoodles recognized as a breed. Some breeders prefer to restrict breeding to early generation dogs (i.e. bred from a Poodle and Labrador rather than from two Labradoodles) to maximise genetic diversity, to avoid the inherited health problems that have plagued some dog breeds.

Others are breeding Labradoodle to Labradoodle over successive generations, and trying to establish a new dog breed. These dogs are usually referred to as Multigenerational (Multigen) or Australian Labradoodles. Australian Labradoodles also differ from early generation and Multigenerational Labradoodles in that they may also have other breeds in their ancestry. English and American Cocker Spaniel/Poodle crosses (ie Cockapoos), Two Irish Water Spaniels and Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers were used in some Australian Labradoodle lines. The Curly Coated Retriever were used too, but these lines did not work out and they were discontinued.

Labradoodle coats are divided into three categories: wool (with tight curls, and similar in appearance to that of a Poodle, but with a softer texture); fleece (soft and free-flowing, with a kinked or wavy appearance); or hair (which can be curly, straight or wavy, but is more similar in texture to a Labrador’s coat). Labradoodles coat colors include chocolate, cafe, parchment, cream, gold, apricot, red, black, silver, chalk, parti colors, (ie generally, any color a Poodle can have). They can be different sizes, depending on the size of poodle used (ie toy, miniature or standard).

Health

Although most Labradoodles are healthy, they can suffer from problems common to their parent breeds. Poodles and Labrador Retrievers can suffer from hip dysplasia, and should have specialist radiography to check for this problem before breeding. The parent breeds can also suffer from a number of eye disorders, and an examination by a qualified veterinary eye specialist should be performed.

Australian Labradoodles have been known to suffer from Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), an inherited disease causing blindness, which occurs in both Miniature Poodles and Cocker Spaniels. It is recommended that Australian Labradoodles be DNA tested for PRA before being bred.

A significant number of Mutigenerational and Australian Labradoodles have also been found to suffer from Addison’s Disease. The Australian Labradoodle Association of America is currently conducting a study to try and determine how widespread the problem has become.

The Labradoodle in popular culture

A. R. Gurney’s 1995 off-Broadway play Sylvia was about a Labradoodle, played by Sarah Jessica Parker

In 2005 the Oxford English Dictionary first listed the word “Labradoodle”

Australian actor Bryan Brown played a Labradoodle in the 2008 movie, “Dean Spanley”.

Barack Obama announced in January 2009 that his family had narrowed down their choice for “first dog” to either a Labradoodle or a Portuguese Water Dog (PWD). (They were subsequently given a PWD puppy, who they named “Bo”, by the late Senator Edward Kennedy).

In an interview given to The Australian in April 2010, Wally Conron said he regretted creating the labradoodle, as he believes their popularity has negatively affected the demand for pedigree dog breeds, and led to the introduction of other “designer” dog types

Notable Labradoodle owners

Sir Donald Campbell, who broke land speed records in the 1950s in Bluebird, was one of the first Labradoodle owners.

Golfer Tiger Woods owns Yogi and Riley

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden owns a Labradoodle named Brother.

Singer/songwriter Neil Young owns Carl

Former Green Bay Packer and current Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre

Actress Jennifer Aniston owns a Labradoodle, bought for her by former husband, Brad Pitt.

Model Elle MacPherson (“The Body”) owns Bella, who has her own line of “Designer Dog” wear

Actresses and sisters Courtney Peldon and Ashley Peldon own Odysseus and Calypso

Actor and TV presenter Graham Norton owns Bailey

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson owns Dodger

Richard Hammond (also a presenter of Top Gear) owns a Labradoodle called TG (often referred to as “Top Gear Dog”) which occasionally featured on the BBC show.

Model Christie Brinkley owns Maple Sugar

Actress Barbara Eden has a Labradoodle named Djinn Djinn (named after her invisible dog in the TV show I Dream of Jeannie).

Actor and director Henry Winkler owns Charlotte

Actress Julianne Moore

Actor/singer Hugh Panaro owns Soot

Political folk/rocker Billy Bragg

Writer Carolyn B. Ellis

Middlesbrough F.C. (UK) player Andrew Taylor owns Sonny

Tom Griswold of The Bob and Tom Show owns Tazzie

Author Garth Stein

Legal thriller author David Baldacci owns Finn

Rodman Primack, chairman of the London auction house Phillips de Pury & Company owns Theo

Professional ice hockey player Dustin Brown owns Milo, a chocolate Labradoodle

Author and activist Lynn Hoffman owns Lola

Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Mark Gearan owns Dublin

PBS Television investment program MoneyTrack producer Pam Krueger has a Labradoodle named Chloe, who sometimes appears on the show as an “unofficial co-host”.

Seamus O’Regan, co-host of CTV’s Canada AM

Novelist Susan Rebecca White owns Raney

Irish Golfer Rory McIlroy, winner of the 2009 Dubai Desert Classic

Lance Bass (formerly of the boyband N’Sync)

Danny Hutton, founder of the rock band Three Dog Night has a Labradoodle named Ms. Wilson, a gift from longtime friend and legendary musician Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys

Golfer Ian Poulter’s Labradoodle is named Bentley.

Dave Vaughan from Big Brother 2010 (UK) owns a labradoodle named Frodo

Children’s writer Leann Sweeney, author of “The Yellow Rose Mysteries”

Actor Dennis Leary owns Daphne

Designer Orla Kiely owns Olive

Credit: Wikipedia.com

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Labradoodle Puppies for Sale – Are They for You?

April 10, 2010 | Author Labradoodle Puppies

Author: Richard Trott

Labradoodle Puppies for Sale

– Are They for You?

If you want to have a long and happy relationship with a new Labradoodle dog, then you need to start from the very beginning – that is, with the perfect puppy for you. As a future Labradoodle owner, you need to know all about Labradoodles, so you can choose the right Labradoodle puppy to take home before actually looking at Labradoodle puppies for sale or visiting a Labradoodle shelter. Here are several of the things you might want to know.

Even though they were originally bred to be companions for the blind, Labradoodle dogs are now classified as hunting dogs. Actually, the only reason why they have become so popular in households is because they are wonderful as pets for any family – even families with children. In fact, there are Australian Labradoodles and chocolate Labradoodles for sale nowadays that children will especially love!

However, if you plan on having your puppy live in the same house as a child, then you need to take the utmost heed. This means you would need to be there constantly to supervise them and make sure they do not hurt one another. Although Labradoodles are famous for being both loyal and friendly, keeping a close eye on them would still be best to ensure that no roughhousing, biting, or pulling occurs that could lead to unnecessary injuries on both parts.

Labradoodle dogs are pretty much like other dogs in terms of attention and care. This means that they need a certain amount of time and commitment from you, which is quite similar to the time and commitment that a young kid needs.

One reason why people love to have Labradoodle dogs as pets is because they come with security. Having a pet that will bark whenever somebody comes to the door is pretty much equal to having an alarm system at home – but alive.

Labradoodle dogs also happen to be very popular as a pet because they offer their owners great companionship, as well. They are social by nature and live to spend time with and to please their owners. Make sure you do not keep them in your backyard all the time, though. Puppies especially need extra supervision, training and interaction, if you want them to acquire acceptable behaviors around you. Since Labradoodles need exercise on a regular basis, taking them for long walks would be the best way to spend your time together.

Now, the best thing about Labradoodle dogs is not just that they are great as watchdogs and companions, but because they are also very easy to train since they have the combined characteristics of a poodle and a Labrador. This makes them very intelligent pets overall.

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