Poodle crosses: Why so popular?

We have mostly cocker x poodles crosses living near us. The coats seem to be quite variable. One is a haystack on legs - sweet very poodley face, and luckily an excellent owner who keeps his coat beautifully, but wow! there's a lot of it.
At training where I took my (show-type) cocker pup, there were three cocker x poodles with thin coats like bad bubble perms.
And a cavalier x poodle I know of is a great disappointment to his owner as his coat is short and flat, when the owner wanted curls!
I have to say, I enjoy keeping my pup's coat long and groomed, so that they can see what they're missing :D .
 
We had a miniature poodle when I was a kid. Fantastic dog-clever,affectionate,funny and active:) I grew up with her and she started my love of dogs:) One day (when my OH isn't so dead set against having any dog except GSPs,though I love them too!) I'd like a standard poodle:D
 
There is a video or two of a standard doing protection training on Youtube - the dog is called Slash, which makes me weep with laughter as he is black and his hair is flying all over the place!!!
 
There's a stunning standard I often see on the way to the yard, I cannot understand the point of crossing that :confused:

Twice recently I've heard of mini Labrador x poodles with the sire being the poodle. Did he stand on a box?! :p
 
i know a large labradoodle who has the most fantastic temperament, however he is a little dim!!!!!!! he is definately NOT non shedding, he is a bit worse than a normal lab because he has a longer coat...

friends of mine have a cavalier kc spaniel/poodle, and it is non shedding and has a nice temperament but it a really live wire and is on the go the whole time and doesnt seem to be able to concentrate for more than a millisecond so has been a nightmare to train (not that it is exactly well trained now)

why on earth these people dont get a poodle is beyond me. lovely dogs and they come in whatever size you want. whats not to like!!!!
 
A friend of mine had 2 standard Poodles, great dogs and saw off a burglar, people didnt recognise them as Poodles though as she didnt give them that stupid hair-cut.:p
 
Sadly poodles are somewhat "out of fashion". Instead replaced by poodly crosses which profess to be as clever, as hypoallergenic, and and according to the breeders of such crosses: no requirement to be groomed! Lol.

Poodles are an old breed. There are other breeds which are similar enough to them but with other characteristics to make them different enough. Curly coat retrievers, portis, irish water spaniels, spanish waterdogs...bichons! Yet the fad just now is something of a mix. Its hard to say exactly what the purchasers of these dogs is looking for that they can't find in any number of already established breeds, unless its bragging rights to say they have something so unusual that they had to spend a small fortune to buy it. And yet they forget that the small fortune in upkeep (grooming) is still required over the lifetime!?
 
Laughing at dobiegirls comment about stupid haircut. The show trim is a reflection/tribute to their hunting history. Those large areas of hair were to keep chest/lungs warm in icy temps. As were the bracelets (covering joints), kidney rosettes. A ribbon used to be tied in topknot so masters could identify one from another. Webbed toes make them excellent swimmers. Soft mouths great for retrieving waterfowl. The excessive clipped areas were to keep the weight of the. Coat down so they didn't drown. Over time the trrim evolved and is a bit more overdone...fashion again.

Poodles can be trimmed to look like many other breeds. Have seen. Amazing renditions of kerry blue, bedlington, bichon, porti - and even teddy bear trims which look rather doodleish can all be done. So called "silly haircuts" not done for average pet owners as they lack the time, patience, skill, funds to keep it up. They are quite happy in "play suits" :)
 
I must confess I absolutely love the "labradoodles" that turn out the right way and by that I mean looking like a Portuguese water dog, the trouble seems to be that even though this cross has been around for quite a while it still seems to be being bred from a labradore and a poodle rather than good breeders breeding labradoodles of type with labradoodles of type and therefore the range is still massive. Personally I love big hairy dogs and thats why I have 2 malamutes but the thought of a shaggy haired non shedding dog as some of these labradoodles are is very appealing. Maybe I should cross my mal with a poodle!
;-) toddles off to think of cool designer name for mal cross poodle and how much to charge!
 
Poodlemute?! Maladoodle?! God forbid eh....
My PWD has so far totally won my heart, he's just the most fabulous little dog, only 4 months old and never needs to be on a lead, never goes more than 10m from me on a walk, obviously keep him on lead on roads etc and he doesn't pull, has so far got zero prey drive which is a massive bonus, he loves his food which also helps with training, he's pretty competent at heel, sit, stay, down, 'touch', leave etc now. He's also not had an accident in the house for a good couple of weeks and today spent the whole afternoon in the garden with a one year old child (and six adults supervising closely obviously!) and didn't bother her once, so looks like as hoped he is going to be great with children. Everything people like about labradoodles but in a 99.9% guaranteed package in terms of how he will looks/coat qualities/size. Obviously individual personalities even within a breed can't be guaranteed but can definitely recommend anyone who wants a labradoodle make the effort to find and wait for a portie instead if they want to be sure of what they will end up with ;)
 
All dogs shed unless they are hairless.

The reason why many people are allergic to animals is that animals carry dust mites unless washed regularly. So without thinking they automatically think they are allergic to animal hair. Those dogs that need clipping as they don't shed as much hair like poddles get a regular bath and clean at the parlour.
 
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