hi I have two labradoodles Oscar who is an 18 mnth cream/golden boy and Lilly who is just over 4 months and black. They are both F1 scruffy. When we got Lilly we were told that she was breed the correct way mother a labrador and father a poodle, she does not tend to smell and doesn't shed too much, Oscar parents were the other way around he sheds like there's no tomorrow and does tend to smell. I know the labradoodles vary alot but wondering if anyone knew if this is true.

Hi

it makes no difference which way round your doodles parents were - the variations you are seeing in their coats is purely down to the fact that they are a in effect a cross breed and as a result these differences will occur... (it could just as easily be your doodle that has a poodle mum that is doing all the shedding).

is there a correct way to breed an F1
Thought it didn't matter which way

Hi there
I think as Sharon says it makes absolutely no difference, it purely depends on the individual pup! I have heard (by american breeding) that the poodle mother tends to produce the fuller coats & although in America this seems to be the case, there is really no proof of this, I think it's just a myth!
You put a Poodle to a labrador & end up with a crossbreed (a labradoodle) & at the end of the day this particular dog could end up flat coated or long coated, minimal shedding or heavy shedding regardless of what breed mum was! We are in the very early stages still & what you get is indeed a gamble only the breeder can tell you which way they think the individual pup will turn out!

Hi Gunner- no, I don't think there is a correct way to breed an F1, obviously if you had had a small lab bitch then you would not breed her to a huge standard poodle dog!

Thankyou Elbumble for that, hadn't really thought about it before

Hi Gunner that was a quick response, I had only just posted lol

Thats because i am sitting here still working

You still working at this time poor you! i'm just sat here surfing the net & drinking lager- lol

Elbumble said
Hi Gunner- no, I don't think there is a correct way to breed an F1, obviously if you had had a small lab bitch then you would not breed her to a huge standard poodle dog!
More obviously a SP bitch can be very fine and they are not built to produce offspring with large heads, Im particularly I'm thinking of Labradors from show lines. Labradors weigh generally half as much again as a typical SP of the same height.

Yes carole, obviously it can work the other way round too! as you will know (being a standard poodle owner yourself) the standard poodle can vary in height and build & with the labrador there are two different types (the working lab origionally the american bred and the show type lab as you mentioned- the english lab- more stocky & boxy head). What I was basically saying to Gunner is that breeders of first generation labradoodles need to pick puppy parents to suit size wise!

My Dood is F1 ,mother a Poodle,( gorgeous one at that ).my dood sheds big time ,but that dont bother are family we love our dood soooooooo much
It has the best temperament Ever,Such a good Dood,easily pleased such a love,and its Choccy, the Breeder posts on here ...Can you work out who i am? Thats to my breeder
still reckon i got the best off the litter ...Darling,My Babes
sTILL RECKON I GOT THE BEST breeder ever ... SOOOO HELPFUL.. ALWAYS AT THE END OF THE PHONE

LOL, thanks to a little prompting from Dizzy Dora (would never have even had an inkling otherwise) I think I may have sussed you out Tarquin

How is Kallie ?

(I shall be very,very embarassed if I have got this wrong lol )

If I am wrong Tarquin, I am really sorry

I have read most of your posts and never connected you with me at all ...

until Dizzy Dora (and I had no idea who she was until today lol) mentioned you....

Really hope I am right tho.

Dont be embarrassed Sharon

My Babes is fine Thanks...........As always,apart from rolling in Fox Poo today,Daddy had the pleasure of bathing her

LOL I really had no idea it was you ....

even on the Coco thread where you said something about thinking your doodle was from the same litter - I was gonna pm you and say, sorry but I think you must have it wrong lol. (doh !)