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Many don't shed ("hypoallergenic"). People want the parent bread but not the shedding, so instead of getting the (likely better, more stable) parent breeds, they get a cross (or, mutt, as one would normally say about a non-designer dog).
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Many don't shed ("hypoallergenic"). People want the parent bread but not the shedding, so instead of getting the (likely better, more stable) parent breeds, they get a cross (or, mutt, as one would normally say about a non-designer dog).
Yes, I see this here all the time too. Unfortunately these mixes have not been around long enough to be stable, so sometimes it can go wrong. One relative bought a doodle puppy that was just adorable, with short curly hair. When it got a few months old it started to get a mix of longer straight and the short curly and it looks like some people when they first get out of bed. It's also a terrible barker, when we go to visit they put it outside and it barks the whole time. That may be more of a lack of training, however.
Poodles have long been known as very smart and trainable dogs. Add to that their minimal shedding and housekeepers have appreciated them. They also come in multiple sizes and colors. So when mixed with other breeds they develop interesting patterns and physically fit a lot of intermediate size preferences.
The hypoallergenic trope is simply related to the reduced shedding.
But people find the breed combinations very appealing without the vintage snootiness once associated with poodle ownership aka back in the 1950s when the poodle motif was part of fashions.
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They are mutts. It's crazy what people pay for them. In my experience, most of them are spaz cases and not well bred.
Yes, inexperienced breeders jumping in to make money on a new trend results in a lot of problems. We saw the same thing in the 1980s when the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was admitted to AKC. We had two of them, both had major (but different) health issues, and our breeder was experienced, with the mother imported from the UK.
My friend got labradoodle and a bernadoodle puppies at the same time. I may have mentioned to her that she was a darned fool. They are a retired couple.
They had to rehome the bernadoodle because it was too wild, and the labradoodle they have has bad dietary issues, despite the fact that my friend cooks it chicken and rice for it from scratch. Also the frequent grooming is quite expensive.
I’m sure some people have good luck with poodle crosses, but my friend struck out twice.
^ a family friend couple of ours bought a pair of bernadoodles. I'll admit I had no idea what that was before they got them. They paid an ungodly sum per dog (upwards of what we've paid for pedigree import GSDs that could be the back of police cars when older). Seems like a racket, especially for dogs with no real breeding lines.
Edit - oh, and the dogs are trainwrecks. Untrainable from what I can tell. Possibly a ownership, though.
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