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.

 

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

An F1B is often bred to an F1 in the multigens, and then they go from there. A true F2 is an F1 bred to another F1, and that isn't done by any breeder who knows what they're doing. An F2 breeding is most likely to produce shedding dogs and very retrieverish looking dogs.

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

Thanks Amy. I wonder why they mixed in cocker spaniels.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I think for size.

[Pat and Traveler]

I think I got stuck on yellow lab.  LOL

And we certainly can't forget the Cobberdog, which they say is " Formerly Known as the (authentic) Australian Labradoodle." 

[Hailey and Oliver]

shed very little?  oh please.  Oliver molts!!!  You pick up all the hair and 10 minuets later, the floor is covered!!!