| Celebrities like Paris Hilton may carry their dogs in | | | | shelters because they do not have the |
| their Gucci handbags, accessorized to the glittering | | | | characteristics of the carefully bred stock the |
| collar. But the recent trend in designer dogs | | | | variation originated from.And given that badly bred |
| seems to suggest that everyday people are | | | | rottweilers can be very aggressive, if the roodle |
| catching this unfortunate trend.Instead of simply | | | | trend takes off in the same way, this could be a |
| buying diamante collars, however, people are | | | | disaster all round. Especially so if a family with |
| demanding cross bred dogs with catchy | | | | children bought one expecting the docile nature of |
| marketing names. We've had the Spoodle, the | | | | the roodles created by Mr Freeman, and end up |
| Groodle, the Labradoodle, the Spanador, the | | | | with an aggressive, large dog.Labradoodles are not |
| Cavador, and the Retrievador. Now folks, meet | | | | consistent breeds. And given that ten years was |
| the Roodle.The roodle is a cross between a | | | | spent trying to get a rottweiler poodle cross, |
| poodle and a rottweiler. They are the successful | | | | there is every indication to think that roodles are |
| creation of a breeder from Melbourne, Australia. | | | | not a consistent breed either. That means that |
| Fred Freeman has successfully bred 3 litters of | | | | simply mating a rottweiler with a poodle is not |
| roodles, some going as far afield as Hawaii.Roodles | | | | going to automatically get you certain |
| have the crinkly coat of a poodle, but larger. They | | | | characteristics, especially in temperament.Normally, |
| are quite stocky, and fairly big, with long floppy | | | | contacting an association for a recommended |
| ears. Mr Freeman describes the dogs as having | | | | breeder would solve this type of problem. But in |
| the intelligence of a rottweiler, yet docile and easy | | | | this brave new world of designer dogs, this may |
| to train. His roodles are also non aggressive, do | | | | not always be the case. Especially if the |
| not moult, don't smell, and are low on the allergy | | | | experience with the labradoodles is anything to go |
| scale.The idea of creating a non allergic dog was | | | | by.The breeders at Rutland Manor and Tegan |
| what started the original breeder of the | | | | Park in Australia started their stock from |
| labradoodle, Wally Conran. Wally was the Manager | | | | labradors, poodles and labradoodles from Don |
| of the Royal Guide Dog Association in Australia at | | | | Evans, another breeder who had discovered the |
| the time. Someone needing a guide dog who was | | | | breed independently of the Guide Dog Association. |
| non allergenic contacted the Guide Dog | | | | Those labradoodles were legitimate labradoodles, |
| Association, and Wally successfully crossed a | | | | and they kept records of all subsequent breeding. |
| labrador with a poodle that fitted this purpose.So, | | | | They also determined which coats were low |
| the origins of the labradoodle were quite in | | | | allergenic. They conducted extensive research and |
| keeping with the way many of what are now | | | | breeding programs to arrive at the dog that has |
| considered pure bred dogs were created. That is, | | | | become characterized as a 'labradoodle'. Contrary |
| they were created with a specific purpose in | | | | to popular knowledge, they are not the product |
| mind.But the popularity of the labradoodle has | | | | of exclusively mixing in labradors and poodles. |
| created a new set of problems. Namely, many | | | | Other breeds were used occasionally, for certain |
| unscrupulous people, some with no experience | | | | characteristics.The breeders at Rutland Manor and |
| breeding dogs, and others with none, or little, | | | | Tegan Park began calling their dogs, and those |
| experience breeding labradoodles or other similar | | | | descended from that stock by reputable |
| crosses, jumped on the bandwagon. Demand | | | | breeders, Australian labradoodles, to distinguish |
| meant that these dogs were expensive, supply | | | | them from the labrador-poodle mixes that were |
| was short, and this attracted many into this new | | | | being indiscriminately produced. The mixes were |
| field.But breeding dogs, especially across different | | | | not quality controlled, many were allergenic, yet |
| breeds, is not simple. In Wally Conran's original | | | | people with allergies were misled into buying them, |
| efforts, not all labradoodles were low in allergy. | | | | expecting not to get allergic reactions.The |
| And when it comes to trying to come up with | | | | International Labradoodle Association was set up |
| new mixes, a lack of knowledge can produce | | | | originally to help maintain the quality and |
| disastrous results. For instance, breeding two dogs | | | | characteristics of this new designer dog. Yet they |
| with similar genetic weaknesses can lead to the | | | | now are seeking to call all labrador-poodle crosses |
| new litters born with an increased chance of the | | | | 'Australian labradoodles'. If this is successful, |
| health problems associated with those breeds. | | | | consumers will have no way of knowing whether |
| Other factors include disposition. If people are | | | | they are buying what they think they are, and |
| expecting certain traits based on what decent | | | | what their health requirements determine they |
| breeders have produced, and they pay a lot of | | | | need. The end result will be more abandoned dogs |
| money for a dog that turns our to be completely | | | | being euthanased because of a careless |
| different, those dogs may well end up being | | | | association and even more careless breeders.It |
| abandoned.In the case of a dog bought to be low | | | | does not bode well for the roodle.If you need a |
| allergenic, this likelihood is higher, and this is exactly | | | | low allergy dog, try Bichon Frise dogs. Or if you'd |
| what is happening to many of the labradoodles | | | | prefer to read about more dog breeds, click here. |
| being bought in the US now. They are ending up in | | | | |