Cockapoos were very popular back in the 70;s and 80's but not "marketed" as the "designer" dogs are today and were not expensive. More people wanted AkC registered dogs back then.
Today it is all about the $$$$$. These prices and marketing are mostly due to
AKC mandatory unannounced inspections and their mandatory DNA requirements. Many "breeders" lost their AKC privledges and started breeding mutts, ie, designer dogs, to make up for lost revenue when they could no longer register their dogs with AKC. All of a sudden you got your alphabet soup dog "registries"(apri, aca, ckc(not Canadian), etc.) There are too many of these bogus registries to list. Puppy mills and back yard breeders jumped on the band wagon as they did not want to comply with AKC's strict rules and started using these bogus registries. Cutesie little names were given to these mutts like morkie, chorkie, bugs, shi shi, chaweenie, puggles, yorkiepoo, labradoodle, goldendoodle, maltipoo, among many other, to appeal to the buying public. Claims of non-shedding and hybred vigor were also part of the exploitation of these dogs.
Now breeders had a way to not have to deal with AKC and make a huge profit of their "new" designer mutts.
The labradoodle craze I believe started when a breeder was trying to create a non-shedding guide/service dog. Unfortunately, his experiment didnt work as planned. Still got shedding dogs and unstable temperments. Now the labradoodle is a big business. |