Goldendoodles

[eastcoascrazy]

<p>“Biddable… Enjoys being trained to do what the human wants.”</p>

<p>Lord, if only my children were more biddable…</p>

[Nrdsb4]

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However, I do not like golden doodles as much as either breed. The cross often results in 80-pound dogs with all the affection for humans but none of the tolerance for humans and other dogs that has been bred into the goldens. (Hunting dogs often work with a lot of humans and other dogs as they sit in blinds.) Golden doodles are notorious for guarding their food bowls, for example.

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<p>Other than the crooked face and barking, our golden doodle is not like the description above. For one, his father poodle was a mini, so he’s only 30 lbs. He is happy, friendly to people and other dogs, and I’ve never seen the guarding of food described above. He did come into our household with an alpha lab already in place, so perhaps he learned from her that that was not acceptable. He seemed to crave her attention/approval. Also, I took him to a play group twice a week, so perhaps that helped him socialize. </p>

<p>Or we just got lucky.</p>

[Onward]

<p>Thought this was interesting: <a href=“http://www.examiner.com/article/labradoodle-creator-s-regrets-says-inventing-designer-dog-may-have-been-a-disaster”>http://www.examiner.com/article/labradoodle-creator-s-regrets-says-inventing-designer-dog-may-have-been-a-disaster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[romanigypsyeyes]

<p>The most frustrating thing about the whole “designer dog” thing is that they’ve always existed- in shelters!
We should just start naming mixed breeds with cutesy names and maybe they’ll get adopted -.-</p>

[calmom]

<p>Actually, romani, I think that a lot of pound-adopters have been giving cutesy names to their mixed breed pets for ages – you can find all sorts of coined terms being used in online forums. </p>

<p>I’ve had a little fun on occasion when walking my dogs and encountering curious people who want to know what breed they are. ;)</p>