A hybrid, designer dog is still a mutt! Bred intentionally or not, it is not a new breed and it does not become something better without very strict standards being met. Twenty two years later, a labradoodle, is still a labrador or poodle mix. The dogs were cross bred intentionally for ONE person. ONE! They had a reason, they tested the litters to find if they had created what they needed. SO??? In the words of the man responsible for the blend, "The labradoodle proved to be a brilliant dog for the blind and the woman in Hawaii was happy. So what was the problem? It’s how the dog has been used and abused and sold under false pretences, Conron says. ”When the pups were five months old, we sent clippings and saliva to Hawaii to be tested with this woman’s husband. Of the three pups, he was not allergic to one of them. In the next litter I had, there were 10 pups but only three had non-allergenic coats. Now, people are breeding these dogs and selling them as non-allergenic and they’re not even testing them. ”All these backyard breeders have jumped on the bandwagon and they’re crossing any kind of dog with a poodle. They’re selling them for more than a pure-bred is worth and they’re not going into the backgrounds of the parents of the dogs. There are so many poodle crosses having fits, problems with their eyes, hips and elbows; a lot have epilepsy. There are a few ethical breeders but very, very few.”"
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:47:01 +0000
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