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Locate Goldendoodle Breeders With High Standards

By Elizabeth Wood


A goldendoodle is a hybrid dog, also called a crossbreed. The puppies are the offspring of a golden retriever and a poodle. For the best temperament in any crossbreed, it is important that prospective owners select goldendoodle breeders with integrity. In addition to the pairing of the parents, the puppies raised in a home environment will be more even tempered then puppies who spend their early lives in a kennel.

Retrievers are medium to large dogs ranging from fifty five up to eighty pounds. Poodles on the other hand come in a wide variety of sizes. Toy poodles can be as small as six pounds, and standard poodles can weigh up to sixty pounds. The weight range of retrievers and the much broader range in poodles means that the size of a goldendoodle is fairly unpredictable.

Responsible breeders are very selective about choosing the dogs they breed. They will screen any would be parent for health issues and only choose dogs with a clean bill of health. Size of the puppies is less predictable. If the breeders take the smallest retriever of fifty five pounds and breed it with a toy poodle that weighs seven pounds, the weight range between the two parent dogs is too broad to predict the sizes of the puppies in their litter.

A photo on a goldendoodle website shows it best. The breeders have two goldendoodle pets. One weighs 30 pounds, while the larger one weighs in at 54 pounds. The difference in the height of the animals is also significant. If the size of your pet is of concern, work closely with the breeder and emphasize the importance of size in your selection.

Breeders have designations that describe the ancestry of the dog. An F1 goldendoodle is the first generation where one parent was a golden retriever and the other was a poodle. The heritage of these puppies is fifty percent retriever and fifty percent poodle. The coat on F1s is unpredictable. It may be straight, wavy or curly. The curly coat, like its poodle parent, is almost non shedding. For this reason, curly is often the preferred coat.

F2 is another classification which means one F1 was bred with another F1, making this the second generations of F1s. Some breeders find this combination highly unpredictable, and will not breed two F1s. The F1B tends to give better results. This is when an F1 is bred with a poodle. The F1B is 75 percent poodle and 25 percent retriever. F1Bs are more likely to have non shedding coats.

There are two advantages to non shedding or light shedding coats. First the owner will not have the nuisance factor of dog hair everywhere. Second, dogs with little or no shedding tend to produce fewer allergens and make better pets for people with allergies.

Prospective owners looking for a pet that weighs around 15 to 45 pounds should consider a goldendoodle. Their coats come in many colors. A lovely cream color coat is the most common, but many other colors are available. Excellent breeders are needed for the best choice of pets. Your pet will be a happy addition to your family and your loyal friend for many years.




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