Multi gen, F1, F1B, etc. help with definitions.

[jenn D]

I think I know some of the labels for types of Labradoodles but after a conversation with my hubby, I started getting a little bit confused. Brisby is a Multi generation austrailian labradoodle. Here's what I know of jake his father was a poodle and his mom was offspring of a poodle and a Labrador. So does that make him an F1B? I think that he has 75% poodle in him if this is the case.

And then the size thing. Hubby wants to know how you get a mini doodle because in his mind he sees this giant Labrador trying to mate with a tiny poodle and I tried to tell him more likely its a multi gen breeding program where smaller and smaller doodles are bred together. He asked if that means more poodles in the genetics of the dog. Also he wanted to know what the personality difference was between golden doodles and Labradoodles.
I said I don't know the answers to many of these things and I would ask you wise ones. :)

I do think jake acts much more poodle-y than Brisby.

[Joyce (Casey & Cody's mom)]

Breeding from a miniature poodle to a golden retriever (or to a Labrador retriever) is done via artificial insemination.