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just got our second lab puppy, our first one is going on 10 years old and gettng older. We decided to go ahead and get a pup now so he is grown up with the first dog. He is an awesome pup and doing everything we can reasonably expect from him. he loves the whole family, I just can't imagine a better dog. the rage now days seems to breed in poodle with labs creating these doodle dogs. my buddy has a pudle pointer. All my neighbors have these labradoodles. guess what, they all suck as dogs. They seem to have no soul to them. you're removing the gun dog hunting aspect of them. and they just don't seem like warm friendly dogs. The pudel pointer, mutes the pointer to an extent, and just makes the dog look cool and thats it. IMO people are breeding dogs for looks, not for practicality and temperament. I simply don't get the thinking.

Same here, we'll just stick everyday run-of-mill but never boring Labs

I disagree. This labradoodle was the best dog I've ever had.

This poodle is smart as hell. Really good boy..

To each his own

“Ruining” a lab lol

Pudelpointers have been bred for hunting since ~1880. As with any breed, you'll likely find those that can.. and those that can't.
Labradoodles on the other hand appear to have been bred for soccer mom's that abhor vacuuming. There may be good ones . . But I've never met one.

So how do you train one of these Labradoodles? With a 2x4 wrapped in pink fur?

Me - I'll just stick with the standard lab/2x4 combination. Been working for me for years!

Can't speak to labradoodles, but our poodle mix is about the warmest dog with more personality than any I've known. She's awesome, but sheds like crazy. I'm gonna start the next base layer craze with dogwool. I'll make millions.

This^^^^^

The Mrs. has a mini Goldendoodle. It's never been anything but a lap dog, I once saw a squirrel chase it off the porch, it's never been trained to do anything. Everytime someone comes into the house or even in to the room where the dog is she runs around the house and finds a dog toy and delivers it to that person retriever style.

Our golden doodle is the best dog I've ever had.

Not mean bone and good around kids.

Has chosen the wife as his person, she calls him her supervisor.

Except for the occasional "ghost turd" doesn't shed.

I had a labradoodle that looked a lot like yours. Very smart, amazingly athletic and obedient dog. She knew a bagfull of tricks and could learn another one in a few minutes with the help of a few treats. She was my pal for 9 years until cancer got her in 2015. I still miss her.

According to this study, dog breed is not a predictor of behavior.

Of course it looks to have been done by a bunch of women so consider the source.

They aren't bred for hunting so I don't know why you are complaining. They are bred as non-shedding companion dogs, and they are damn good ones.

The Dutchman Korthal bred the bloodhound, shorthair and poodle over 100 years ago to get our modern day Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. Hundreds of thousands of griff owners (like myself) call bullsh t on your ridiculous posting.

The wife’s golden doodle is the calmest dog I’ve everbeen around. She has one speed 99% of the time, and it is off.

If I could keep her from retrieving sticks she’d be a good fishing partner.

If dumb and fat are your goals, then labs are great. 😃

There is something to be said about that non-shedding thing. MacGregor, my 120# Yellow Lab shed enough to raise the nap in the carpeting and my smaller longer haired Englash Springer was nearly as bad. The family members have had two Poodle Pointers and while a little strange looking to my eyes, they were and are bird hunting machines. The brother-in-law and his wife have been raising Australian Doodles for a few years and shipped them all over the country and have netted over seven figures doing it. Someone is buying those designer dogs.

Is that the same sort of idea as adding groid spoils the human breed? Just askin'!

Maybe all your neighbors suck as dog owners.