Warning to the public!

We are constantly getting reports from owners that are buying pups from elsewhere, eg. Groodles. Some are shedding like the Retriever coat.

Reason:  When asked, the parents were both Groodles. Because of this they are getting a throw back to both pure bred lines in each litter. Some will be like the Retriever in coat, some to the Poodle side, and the rest of the litter, who knows.

I also have seen this in a local pet shop and  advertisements, advertising a litter of Cavoodles where both parents are Cavoodles. When asked, they reeled off the information that is on everyone's web site, that they don't shed or shed very little. But, when you cross a  Cavoodle with a Cavoodle there will be throwbacks to the purebreds, this means that there is no way to tell if the pups will shed or not. ( Note: a Cavoodle crossed with a spoodle is still called a Cavoodle when it is not!).

We have weekly feedback from people who own one of these designer crosses or know of them, and are asking the question, Do our dogs shed their coat? The answer is NO, except the Labradoodle lines to some extent.

Cavoodles, Spoodles, Schnoodles, Mini Groodles, Standard Groodles,  all shed so little that they are not an issue. We also have, to this day, not had an issue with the allergy asthmatics factor from any of the Poodle crosses, Labradoodle included.

Public be warned!

A litter of pups, bred by anyone, that have both parents as crossbreds, will not throw the true cross. If you are a family looking at the crossbreeds for the non shedding coat, please be warned that there is a substantially higher instance of shedding.

Why do we only have pure bred male dogs in our breeding kennels? Wouldn't it be easier to keep a few male dogs from here and do what the Pedigree World does, line breed? NO, sorry, that isn't the way to breed healthy family dogs with good temperaments and line breeding is not an option. 

True to type, eg. the coat issue or the look, this is in the eye of the beholder anyway. Some of the ugliest dogs we have bred are the first to sell. Temperament and health are the only issues. Looks, well everyone has their own opinion and if you bought a purebred for excessive amounts of money, wouldn't you have to think its better?.

Breed standards for a cross bred line of dogs

 

1:  Original dogs are all pure bred lines or pedigree. Or, if it is a female crossbred dog, then only mate her to a pure bred male dog. 

2: Make sure that these dogs are from sound breeding lines, not bought from a pet shop where their history is not known.

3: Never mate cross to cross. It is good to have some idea of what they will look like.

4: Some breeds do need vet checks for problems. If breeding these lines do your homework on this issue. eg. Labradors and Retrievers need hip and elbow tests on all dogs.

5: Be totally open and available for people to see what you are doing.

6: Keep all contact details for future reference, for possible problems, and feed back as we have especially with the web site now.

 

It is so easy to keep every thing on record..              

Regards, Peter Cornford Freedom kennels

Please feel free to give your opinion on this issue. You may e-mail us with your opinions, as we would really like to hear them. We would also like to put them all into a feedback section on this page so that everyone can read about everyone else's views on this subject.