A true Labradoodle

[Shelly Gouvas]

I heard someone say,"A true Labradoodle is non shedding and calm".What do you guys feel about that statement.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Well, then I am in trouble and must not have true Labradoodles. LOL. Vern sheds a little and Fudge is not all that calm, especially when in the vicinity of squirrels :)

[Shelly Gouvas]

There is a rabbit that lives by our house.When we go out front to take a walk,the second Jakes out the door he is looking for that rabbit.Oh he wants to get it!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Fudge reacts to anything moving.....cars, squirrels, deer, groundhogs. I consider all of these to be hazardous to my health when  I am walking her :)

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

My two are non-shedding, but I certainly wouldn't call them calm.  They are puppies still, so maybe as they get older.  One can always hope.

[Sally loves Maple & Lucky]

Interesting. My Maple does not shed, is fairly mellow (over thinks things a bit though) but I am going for rotator cuff tear surgery in a couple of weeks due to her springing after a squirrel while on a leash :(

What does "calm" mean anyway? Not biting children, sleeping 24/7 or somewhere in between?

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

My opinion of that statement is that it's incomplete. The complete statement should be:

,"A true Labradoodle is non shedding and calm...in your dreams".
Or possibly: ,"A true Labradoodle is non shedding and calm...when stuffed".

Honestly, it's silly. We all know that many labradoodles shed...mixed breed dogs with genes from heavily shedding breeds and non-shedding breeds are going to have lots of variation in their coats. And "calm" is a relative term that depends a great deal on the age of the dog. My 6-year-old labradoodle is calm. A 6-month-old labradoodle who is described as "calm" is probably sick.
And what the heck is meant by a "True Labradoodle"? Do some of us have fake labradoodles? Is this an extension of the "designer dog" theme, like counterfeit Prada handbags?
Dollars to doughnuts, this statement was made by a breeder, and not a very good one.

[Dreamydoodles Northwest]

LOL! "counterfeit Prada handbags"! Cute. Your so right! I mean really what the heck do they mean by a "real" labradoodle? It is or it isn't.. and that has nothing to do with whether it sheds or is "clam".... whatever that means.... I do not comprehend. ((wink)) It's either a lab poodle hybrid or it's not. Period. That is a real labradoodle.

[Deb, Connor & Simon]

To that I say.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Please don't tell my friend who has a bouncy, active labradoodle that sheds a bit, but is absolutely gorgeous and so sweet you just wanna kiss him, that she doesn't have a "true labradoodle." She, no doubt, would laugh, too.

I asked a person at a local dog wash if their cute, damp, curly, black, long-tailed dog was a doodle. I was told, "No, he was the REAL DEAL. He is a Portuguese Water Dog!"  Hmmmm. I thought my dogs were REAL dogs, too.

People can be just so darn goofy!

[Shelly Gouvas]

Why the attitude about Labradoodles??The lady that said that about a,"true labradoodle was on U Tube and it just rubbed me the wrong way.Jake is as true as I ever want to get.I love him just the way he is.And I'm sure every Doodle owner feels the same way.

[Taylor & Huff]

I know I don't have a labradoodle, but this is insane. Doodles are real too they just look fake. 

[Dreamydoodles Northwest]

Haha! The real deal? Really.. hmmm... To that I would have to say "real compared to what"? Just to see what they'd say.

 

[Robin]

I don't agree with that statement. I have 2 labradoodles. A mini and a standard. One doesn't shed at all and the other sheds a little. The one that sheds (standard) is super mellow and the one (mini) that doesn't shed is not as mellow. There are both different but still labradoodles and I dearly love them.