Originally Posted by Britster  Your first paragraph... doesn't really make sense... and wasn't at all what I was trying to say. If I want a Yorkie, but don't like the color, you've got the parti's and the biewers, so I'd get one of those, I suppose. Or get one in the shelter. If I wanted a maltese... I'd get a maltese? If you get a well bred Labradoodle (it is a breed in the UK) you WILL know what you're getting and what personality. And if you happen to get a mutt of some other kind, if you know what they're mixed with, you can have a general idea of their temperament. Most mixes will have traits and qualities of one breed, mixed in with the other breed. Is it always 50/50? No, of course not. That's a risk you're taking. All the talk about Labradoodles though... I'd never own one. I don't like the "poodle" look so much so I'd prefer to just have a regular Lab but I don't have allergies. All I'm saying is there IS going to be at least ONE Lab trait in there somewhere since it is in it's blood.
Well, of course you're going to get some that do shed and some that don't. I'd hope a person with allergies would take into consideration what kind of coat the pup has. A more poodle coat would obviously be less likely to shed. Also, with all the F1's, etc, you should know the further down the line you go, the less likely to shed you're going to have if you get a pup bred from a labradoodle x labradoodle, NOT Lab x poodle or lab x labradoodle, etc. And, my step-dad is highly allergic to dogs and never had 1 reaction to our cockapoo we owned. A Labradoodle IS a breed in the UK so technically, it's not JUST a "designer dog." I'm not into the whole design dog fad either and I'd never pay what some people pay for them. I'd much rather go to the shelter and get a mix. Then again, I'd never pay what some people pay for Yorkies either. The Yorkie was once not a "breed" but a mix! It was a slow evolving process and standards were set... eventually a cockapoo, for example, will have a standard, if not already.
I'm not for breeding just for the hell of it, or irresponsibly, with no research. All I'm saying is... all breeds of dogs came from somewhere and for a reason. HUMANS sculpted dogs into what they wanted... specific traits, looks, temperament, some were bred strictly for companionship, some for rat hunting, some for guarding, some for herding. Humans did this to them by mixing certain already existing breeds. As I said, Golden Retrievers took forever to be "accepted" into the AKC. Cockapoo's may be accepted one day, who knows?! |