About Labradoodles: Allergy-Friendly Pups Loved by Families

Your family will love their new allergy-friendly Australian Labradoodle Puppy.

This wonderful cross between the friendly Labrador Retriever and the Standard Poodle was created to develop a low-shedding, more allergy-friendly breed of dog. Originally bred as guide dogs, health and intelligence was also selected for which to breed. The result, with the infusion of four other breeds, (American and English Cocker Spaniel, Irish Water Spaniel, and Irish Soft Coated Wheaton), was this fantastic lovable creature called the Australian Labradoodle.

In later, more recent years, Golden Retrievers were bred with Poodles to expand upon the success of the Labradoodle. When bred for health, conformity, and betterment of the breeds, Doodles are known for characteristics that make them an ideal family pet, namely:

• Allergy Friendly
• Highly Intelligent and Trainable
• Loving and Intuitive
• Playful and Interactive
• Non-Shedding (In Multigens)

Bred to exact breed standards. Once part of your family, they will become a loving member for life!

The history of the Labradoodle originated in Australia during the late 1980s. The Guide Dogs Victoria took the challenge per request of a vision-impaired woman by the name of Pat Blum of Hawaii. Pat was in dire need of a service dog but her circumstances made it impossible due to the fact that her husband was highly allergic to dogs. The GDAV Guide Dog Services bred Harley, a Standard Poodle to Brandy, a Labrador Retriever in the hope that they could solve this problem. Three puppies were the result of this breeding. Of the three that were born, one of the pups proved to have an allergy-friendly coat as well as a temperament that would make him a compatible guide dog. That puppy’s name was Sultan. Little did he know that he was the beginning of a wonderful breed of dogs. Sultan was the first recognized Labradoodle.

For over twenty years, Labradoodles have made excellent service dogs as well as family pets. They have great personalities, are very smart, and easily trained. They have also given severe allergy sufferers a new alternative, allowing many of them the ability to own and enjoy a dog of their own for the first time. First-generation Labradoodles (F1) are the result of breeding a Labrador Retriever with a Poodle. This produces a 50/50 cross between the two founding breeds. This cross results in “hybrid vigor”, as well as a wide variety of coats and overall features. Hybrid vigor is the phenomenon that the first cross between two unrelated purebred lines is healthier and grows better than either parent line. A very good family pet, yet not always allergy friendly. Most first-generation dogs shed to some degree.