For more indepth detail of the breed click on the link below. Most Australian Labradoodles will weigh more than their height reflects. A new world opened for countless people who had once thought they could never enjoy the delight of a pet pooch. It will be what it will be shaving will not change what the hair folicle is..sometimes during the transition the hair becomes softer, more wavy or curlythat is just the nature of your dogs coat. When inquisitive and alert the ear set should rise to the top of the head. Light chalky coarse hairs (kemp) sprinkled through a dark coat is permissible but very undesirable. . Leather should be of medium thickness and when gently drawn forward should reach the top canine tooth. After that the coat will settle down and maintenance will. multigen. Caramel Ice liver nose cream colored coat. Teeth: Scissor bite only is acceptable, beingneither undershot nor overshot. Uneven layering of color in the silver is normal. Parti (patched) and Phantoms are considered an acceptable color. labradoodles are comprised of 5 different breedsLab, poodle, curly Weather bleaching or sunning must not be penalized. White splashes are acceptable. Parti can be any color (except Phantom) with white on face, head and/or body. Australian As adults they can be mistaken for dark smoky Cream from a distance. With this kind of response, I knew we were on to a winner, and I took the decision to breed more of the labrador-poodle crosses. Blue also belongs to the Rare ColorGroup. But. New breeds began to flood the market: groodles, spoodles, caboodles and snoodles. Upright shoulders is a fault. Weight range tends to be 16 to 25 pounds. Cafe': Born Milk Chocolate of varying shades, and have the same gene as the silver dogs, often taking up to 3 years to fully color out to multi shades of chocolate, silvery chocolate and silver throughout. Joyful and energetic when free, soft and quiet when handled. Nose: Large square and fleshy. Ghost eyes must always remain soft in appearance. They should approach people in a happy friendly manner with eye to eye contact. All Rights Reserved, If you wish to keep a long flowing coat wool coats require. And time was running out the pups needed to be placed in homes and socialised; otherwise they would not become guide-dogs. A true Apricot must not be lighter at the roots than at the tips of the coat, must have a black nose. Coat varies with This web site is an excellent resourse for doodle information of any kind. Apricot Cream and Cream (all shades and combinations of cream are acceptable) - may have rose or black pigment. With a three to six-month waiting list for people wishing to foster our pups, I was sure wed have no problem placing our three new crossbred pups with a family. The breeders themselves were split: many did subsequentely threaten me or propose litigation if I used their progeny in my breeding programme, while others offered their services free to the guide-dog centre. Overall, they are friendly, fun loving, quiet and calm. Black, Blue, Red, Dark Chocolate and Silver dogs must have dark brown eyes. The dwarfing of dogs can lead to many genetic and temperament disorders. Training the labradoodle puppy is a must( see training section), they thrive on love, attention , routine and discipline. A short thick neck is a fault. While working with the Royal Guide Dog Association of Australia as its puppy-breeding manager in the early 80s, I received a request from Hawaii. Miniatures must not have crowding teeth. They make wonderful pets. A vision-impaired woman there, whose husband was allergic to dog hair, had written to our centre in the hope that we might have an allergy-free guide-dog. When happy, relaxed or at play will prance and skim the ground lightly. At last we were getting somewhere, but a big job lay ahead. Pigment: Black or Rose. My three pups may have been mongrels at heart but the furore did not abate. Weight range tends to be 50 to 65 pounds. By eight weeks of age, the puppies still hadnt found homes. Eye Color: Eye color should complement and blend with the face color. The rose or brown nose dogs in this color shade are classified as Caramel where the black nosed dogs are apricots or creams.A caramel ice is on the right and apricot is on the left. Caramel and dogs with rose pigment may have either dark eyes or "ghost" eyes. A true Red must not be lighter at the roots than at the tips of the coat. So I contacted the then Kennel Control Council of Australia, hoping to find the names of reputable breeders who were breeding standard problem-free poodles. It worked during the weeks that followed, our switchboard was inundated with calls from other guide-dog centres, vision-impaired people and people allergic to dog hair who wanted to know more about this wonder dog. Cold staring expressionless appearance in all eye colors is a severe fault. Ear leather reaching beyond the tip of nose is considered a severe fault. Protruding or sunken eyes are a fault. Pink spots or patches on nose, lips, eye rims or pads are a fault. If your don't train them, they will train you as they are very smart and will have you figured out as a push over quickly. But again I was wrong: it seemed no-one wanted a crossbred puppy; everyone on the waiting list preferred to wait for a purebred. Red can fade somewhat with age, and senior dogs showing paling of coat should not be penalized. The neck should not be coarse nor stumpy and should lend an air of elegance to the dog. Each litter will be determined individually. The head should be clean and chiseled and fully coated as on the body, legs and tail. STANDARD: 21" TO 24" The "Ideal" size for a standard female is 21 to 23 inches and for a male22 to 24 inches. Body: Height (to wither) as to length (from sternum to point of buttock) should appear square and compactShoulders should have good angulation with firm elbows held close to the rib cage. We had a long way to go. They are very trainable, intuitive and intelligent. lightto little shedding.I am no longer breeding F1's but do know a Start their training as soon as you get them home. Printed 7/10/2007 by http://www.readersdigest.com.au/, Determined to source the most suitable guide-dog for a client, I unwittingly turned the canine world upside down. He is my daughters dog.. Dog below is Ziggy out of Black Beauty and Gus as a puppy on the right and at 9 mos old on the left.. . Pink spots or patches are a severe fault. Wide round or narrow almond shaped eyes are considered a fault. . the breedingor if dog is an F1b bred back to another F1b or American Overall they should appear square, balanced, athletic with good muscling. focusing my program on the F1band higher multigen labardoodle who can Ear canals should be free of excessive hair, and not thick and bulbous. couple of breeders locally who do. this first generation cross and can be difficult to determine long term, Parchment: Born Milk Chocolate, will pale to a smoky creamy beige. They are a galloping dog therefore flanks should rise up from a brisket set just below the elbows, but should not be excessively deep. If you use any registered dog for your programme, that breeder will be struck off the register and never be allowed to show or register their dogs again, the councils spokesperson warned. Blacks should be solid however they can have a frosting of silver through their coats or chocolate highlights. use in my program F1b'sor second generation American labradoodles Soundness is of utmost importance. Retiree Wally Conron, 78, still keeps two labradors, Rocky and Jazz, but his first love is for horses. In other words,3/4 poodle 1/4 lab). F1's or first generation doodles Neck: The firm, well muscled neck should be moderately long, slightly arched and flow into the well angled shoulders with no appearance of abruptness. It can come in varying shades and may fade as the dog grows older. Head: Sculptured, broad, well defined eyebrows, medium stop, eyes set well apart. Today I am internationally credited as the first person to breed the labradoodle, but I wonder, in my retirement, whether we bred a designer dog or a disaster! . Were breeders bothering to check their sires and bitches for heredity faults, or were they simply caught up in delivering to hungry customers the next status symbol? In desperation, I decided to cross a standard poodle with one of our best-producing labradors. Keen to learnand easy to train. Weight range tends to be 30 to 45 pounds. It is normal that all colors may show bleaching and discoloration over the top coat. Tillman below is a large standard F1 labradoodle, he weighs 110 lbs and is 25" tall this is oversized and way bigger than the standard. coat quality and generation. offer more coat quality and reliability, for non shed and allergy Silver: Born Black but will have more of a grey skin and will develop individual silver fibers at a young age. Frustrated and annoyed with the response to the trio of crossbreeds I had carefully reared, I decided to stop mentioning the word crossbreed and introduced the term labradoodle instead to describe my new allergy-free guide-dog pups. Phantoms are any shading or two tone coloration such as a Black dog with lower legs showing a soft toning of silver or gold or adog born dark with a golden shading at the roots or a slight brindling effect. Minimum sizeattention is of the utmost importance to maintain a healthy little dog. Although our centre bred and used labradors, I didnt anticipate any difficulties finding a suitable poodle. Eye rims should be rose as should nose, lips and pads. General Appearance: The Australian Labradoodle should be athletic and graceful, yet compact with substance and medium boning. Top line should remain level with strong loin and level croup. MEDIUM: 17" TO 20" The "Ideal" size for a medium female is 17 to 19 inches and for a male 19 to 20 inches. Parti: Puppies born with either white base coat with either Black, chocolate, or apricot spots or ticking, very stricking and new to being accepted. Caramel, Chocolate, Cafe', Parchment and Lavender - must have rose pigment Already, one man claimed to be the first to breed a poodle- Rottweiler cross! I quickly realised that Id opened a Pandoras box when our next litter of ten labradoodles produced only three allergy-free pups. He eventually went to Hawaii, amid intense media coverage, where as the worlds first labradoodle he bonded beautifully with his new owner and her allergic husband. We sent coat and saliva samples of each pup to the Hawaiian couple, and the husband found one sample allergy-free. He has nine of his own that he breeds and trains when hes not giving riding lessons to horse-lovers in rural Victoria. at least initially. Paling usually starts from an early age often as early as 6 weeks. Ghost is a hazel color range much the same as it is in humans. Black pigment dogs must have dark brown eyes. Much care is needed when breeding both the large and small dogs. They are loyal to the people they own. Well never know for sure. I began to worry, too, about backyard breeders producing supposedly allergy-free dogs for profit. Flecking with different shades of hazel with green and a blue/green make this eye color quite unique. wonderful coats ranging from curly to straightand shaggymost are Hindquarters should be of medium angulation with short strong hocks. Curled possum type tails are undesirable. ( F1 bred back to a poodle. All shades of Cafe', Milk Chocolate, Gold/Apricot, Cream and Chalk should have dark hazel to brown eyes if they have black pigment. While all this was happening, I continued training Sultan, the original non-allergenic pup. Chalk/White, Caramel Ice with a chalk colored coat brown nose. The Breed Standard of Excellence colors are: Apricot/Gold, Red, Black, Silver and Blue - must have black pigment When given plenty of time in the sunshine, they develop stunning highlights. It was 1989 and the publicity surrounding the new designer dogs went national and then international. Variables include Ears: Set moderately flat against the head, base should be level with the eye. Tail: Set relatively high and preferred to be carried in a saber, can be carried below the topline or "gaily" above. That is, if Australian lines arepart of Content copyright 2006-2022, Carol Dean. Parchment belongs to the Rare Color Group. Caramel: A rich Gold/Apricot very much the color of its namesake -caramel through to a deep red - must have rose pigment. Size: Sizes are still "somewhat inconsistent" with no definition between male and female at this time. Color: Any solid color including Cafe' and Silver is preferred. Care must be taken to keep the miniature Australian Labradoodle a solid athletic robust dog. Watery or tearful eyes are a fault. This is called sunning and is quite expected and acceptable, as the Australian Labradoodle is an active dog and often a service dog that enjoys the outdoors. They love toys and things to chew on. White on the chest and toes is acceptable. All have black noses. Most are gentle and they have the hybrid vigor typical of cross breeds. Nothing, however, could stop the mania that followed. Movement: When trotting should be purposeful, strong and elastic, with good reach and drive, giving the appearance of "going somewhere". Over size is a major fault. Blue: A dark to medium smoky Blue. from puppy to adult coat at 6-12 months of age, They need a good, NOTE: During the age of 6-12 months, during the, adolescent/maturing time you will need to groom your fleece every, week. Dogs with rose pigment can have dark hazel, brown or ghost eyes. Interest in the labradoodle continued to escalate and inquiries poured in from all over the world from people wishing to either purchase or breed the dogs. Lavender dogs are born Chocolate and can be difficult to distinguish at a young age. MINIATURE: 14"TO 16" The "Ideal" size for a miniature is 14 to 16 inches with no correlation between height and sex of the miniature Australian Labradoodle. Apricot/Gold: The color of a ripe apricot on the inside. Blue dogs are born Black but will have Blue skin and undertonings at a young age. Excessive tightness in the hips will produce a stilted action and is considered a fault. Silver dogs can take up to 3 years to color out and become a beautiful smoky grey through to a light iridescent platinum and varying shades in between at adulthood. Thick/heavy ear leather is a fault. The mating was successful, but it produced only three pups. Eyes: "Slightly" round, large and expressive, always offering eye to eye contact when engaged in activity with a human. suffering clients.F1's are wonderful dogs, I have 3 that I currently All of Jades puppies in past litters have Size is measuredto the top of the shoulder blades (withers) while standing squarely on a level surface. They have a free flowing wavy or curly coat that does not shed and is possibly non-allergenic. Lavender: A Definite, even smoky lavender chocolate, giving almost pink/lilac appearance. Pigment should be strong. (1/2 lab 1/2 poodle). Large dogs can suffer from rapid growth that can lead to structural problems. The pup had to grow up and prove suitable for guiding work; and then it had to be compatible with the visually impaired client. Shaving your labradoodle will NOT alter what they coat type is of your doodle. Piece of cake, I thought. Black: The most under appreciated color. Any other color throughout the Blue is undesirable. Rose should be a rich liver color. Ribs should be well sprung but not barreled. Nor did he budge when I explained that the dogs were being bred to help vision-impaired people. Accurate prediction of size, even by an experienced breeder, is not expected at this time. The standard poodle, a trainable working dog, was probably the most suitable breed, with its tightly curled coat. Phantoms: Any shading or two tone coloration such as a Black dog with lower legs showing a soft toning of silver or gold or adog born dark brownwith a golden shading at the roots or a slight brindling effect. Copyright 1999-2022 Criderweb. It turned out I was wrong: after rejecting countless poodles with various problems, some two years and 33 disappointing trials later, I still hadnt found an appropriate dog for the job. coated retriever and spaniel either cocker or English spaniel Labradoodles can inherit the best ofall breeds. 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