**head-desk**

i have two cross breeds, i paid the princely sum of £40 for kizzy, she is rottie x GSD (before they were fashionable) she was bred by someone who was completely clueless, but had the decency to admit that, i had her spayed as soon as she was old enough, she is vaccinated and chipped.
chaos i paid £150 for but he was chipped, vaccinated, vet cert, and came with a voucher to get him snipped, he wasnt a designer breed just an accident caused by leaving a teenager in charge, and i keep in regular contact with the lady who bred him, pics and progress reports and if i have any probs or my circumstances change she would have him back in a flash
all the dogs we as a family have had have been rescues, most of which have been mongrels (apart from my dads working red setter who was as nutty as a fruitcake, upto and including jumping out of an upstairs window)
i would rather rehome a rescue of any breed than give someone nearly £1000 for what is essentially a mongrel.
 
See, that is the kind of post I like to see too
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well done for being responsible and well done Chaos' breeder.

I used to walk a GSDxRott at a rescue, he was there for years because he looked so terrifying, when he was actually a big soft lad.

People with a GSD I helped train had an Irish Setter when they were younger, that used to run repeatedly into a plate glass window at a pub they owned
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Many years ago, the family of one of my friends in school had one Dalmatian and one GSDxRottweiler cross. But the cross was deliberate done, both the dog and the bitch was of good quality and tested on what was possible back then. All but my friends bitch went to the police and they later had inquiries from the police saying that they would be interested in her too.

Their bitch was a very good example of that inheritance isn't 50% of each, she was black with only a few tan markings so her colour was more alike a Rottweiler but everything else looked like 100% GSD.




But to get back to the Shepadoodles, I found these
Photos showing the variation in looks and coat of Shepadoodles

A few more Shepadoodles versions

Even if you only look on their outside, it really seems to be a lottery what you end up with.


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Wow, those are some variations - and check out all the AMAZING places you can register them

ACHC = American Canine Hybrid Club
DDKC = Designer Dogs Kennel Club
DRA = Dog Registry of America, Inc

ARGH! (Am Ready to Go Hysterical)
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So, as the example in the MM reply that went *poof*, if you buy a Labradoodle puppy in the hope of being able to tolerate the Poodle coat better than a purebred Labradors coat, your puppy might be a Labradoodle with Labrador coat and you have to give it away because of allergy.

I'm sure it will be the same with Shepadoodles.
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Agreed....we have a (rescue) Labradoodle, and he certainly sheds, and he certainly isn't non-allergenic. He isn't as bad as a retriever or the like but definitely a shedder!

We got him as an adult rescue, he is a first generation cross, he has numerous health issues (most sensitive stomach have ever known in a dog, constant ear infections, and now some form of allergy the vets have never seen before). So the idea that the crossbreeds are somehow healthier doesn't ring true to us either.....he seems to have inherited the worst of both breeds in that sense.
We were his fourth home - at the age of 18 months - due to the non-allergenic issues, and the fact that as a young, boisterous and un-neutered dog, the other homes apparently couldn't cope with him (lop his balls off then!).
We would never have looked for a crossbreed intentionally but he sold himself so well when we went to the rescue home that we all fell in love and brought him home.....
 
I take my hat off to you Twiglet - three homes before 18 months is insane.
Agree, get his balls off and if he has allergies, treat them, don't throw the poor bugger out
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(And you have highlighted another issue - GSDs can be quite allergy-prone too
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Yup....he was neutered within a few weeks of arriving with us (had to wait a bit because he was pretty underweight and vet wanted him healthy before having op) and he definitely improved, although is still bloody difficult to train and manage!
Luckily he has the most gorgeous personality and everyone who meets him falls in love at first sight....but we are often heard to recommend people looking for dogs to steer clear of the designer crossbreeds!! They seem to be so prevalant now....the funniest thing I heard was someone telling my mum how he'd paid £1200 for his 'Australian Service Dog'.....which was in fact a rather poor quality 'labradoodle'....sad.
These are the only pics I can find of our boy....quite typical in that he's filthy and/or wet in both of them!
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