I wish they'd get their facts straight......

[Jennifer Tramell]

Saturday afternoon and I'm enjoying the show "Too Cute" on Animal Planet.  The show is chronicling a litter of dachsunds, chinooks, and labradoodles.  So far I've been amused by the question "Which breed was an Olympic mascot" (didn't know that labradoodles were a breed) and annoyed by the following statement "Labradoodles don't have fur, they have hair which makes them the perfect pets for people with allergies.  Because they shed very little, the need frequent grooming to keep their coat from matting...."  I don't have a labradoodle (two goldendoodles) but neither LDs or GDs are accurately described by those statements. 

 

I just hate the idea that bunches of people are watching this show and suddenly think they've found the perfect dog for their allergies.  (Oh, and I know that these aren't ALDs because they showed a yellow lab and described her as their grandmother.)  I'm accustomed to mis-informed people believing all sorts of things about doodles, I guess I expected more out of Animal Planet.

 

 

[DJ & Chance]

I didn't think so.  Just checking :)

[Amy, Cubbie & Ollie]

I stand corrected

[F, Calla & Luca]

Not really sure about the cockers. Some American breeders have cockers in their lines but I don't think the good ones anyway say they are ALDs.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

There are ALD breeders here who occasionally breed a litter that have a cockapoo parent and they are sold as ALDs.

[Adina P]

Yeah the allowed formula leaves a lot of wiggle room.  I think you can technically breed an F1 with an ALD and then you'd simply have an F2 ALD.  But don't quote me on that.

[F, Calla & Luca]

I don't remember exactly but I think you can't go one generation beyond the newest generation parent so that would really make it an F2 of some sort. But not really an ALD. Or not a multigeneration ALD

[Adina P]

Yup, you are right.  http://alaa-labradoodles.com/BreederInformation.html

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

It's an ALD but not a multigen ALD, according to the link Adina posted:

An Australian Labradoodle can be created by crossing a Poodle to another Australian Labradoodle, a Cockapoo to a Labradoodle, a Labradoodle to a Cocker Spaniel and the like, resulting in the three-breed combination

[F, Calla & Luca]

I agree.

[Adina P]

That's the 'idea' anyway, because they are supposed to have more generations behind them, etc.  But it doesn't always come out that way.

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

Oh I would like to know too! I just assumed ALD were all multi gen after the first comment but if there's another reason I would love to know. I am fascinated with all things doodle :)

[Amy, Cubbie & Ollie]

Joanna, ALDs are indeed multigenerational but they are not the same as when a breeder advertises a multigen or an American multigen.  A multigen starts with a lab and a poodle which result in an F1 labradoodle.  The F1 labradoodle is breed back to a poodle to get an F1B.  I think breeding an F1B back to a poodle gets you and F2 but then breeding 2 F1Bs or F2s gets you an American mulitgen.    An ALD has no lab in the recent generations and also has other breeds (I believe spaniels) in the original lineage.  Hope that answered your question.