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The Labradoodle
Australian Labradoodles are cheerful, energetic dogs. They are relatively easy to train and training is highly recommended. They are good natured and gentle with children and animals of other species. Pleasant to keep inside the house. The Australian Labradoodle has a friendly and sociable nature and, on top of that, a non shedding allergy friendly coat.

In short, the Australian Labradoodle is the perfect family companion for those with ( but ofcourse also for those without) allergies to other breeds of dogs.

The Australian Labradoodle is an athletic, graceful dog with a compact build, and has a well developed motor system.
The Labradoodle loves company, but can also on their own for several hours. The Australian Labradoodle not suitable for living outside the house. 

Sizes

Australian Labradoodles are come in three sizes;

Miniature;  35-43 cm.  Weight; 7-13 kilo

Medium;     43-53 cm.  Weight; 13- 23 kilo

Standard;   53-63 cm.  Weight; 23-30 kilo

The Coat
The Australian Labradoodle has a non shedding coat that doesn't smell like so many other dogcoats and is allergy friendly. Coats can be wavy fleece or curly wool and in either case they are soft and silky. These dogs don't have an undercoat.
A Labradoodle does not shed hair, but of course it does loose hair. This is old "dead" hair that gets replaced by new hair. Instead of shedding, this old hair needs to be removed by brushing it regularly. One can compare it to hairloss in people.

All Labradoodles loose their old hair at least once in their life; between the age of 8 and 14 months all puppyhair is replaced by adult hair. The puppyhair needs to be brushed out thoroughly. Some people prefer their puppies to be shaved or trimmed very short at this point in time.
When this is all over, it suffices to brush the dog twice a month.

The Australian Labradoodle can have two types of coat;
- the wool coat.  This coat resembles the poodle coat with a slightly less tight curl. A labradoodle   
  with a woolcoat can be trimmed or shaved.
- the fleece coat. This coat is wavy and requires less maintenance. However, it can be
  trimmed if so desired, but it is not really necessary.
In new generations an occasional relapse sometimes occurs in the non shedding property of the Labradoodle coat. These dogs then do shed and will never be used as breeding dogs. Needless to say, our aim is to continue to refine and perfect the breed.

Colour

The Australian Labradoodle comes in many different colours. Although the Labradoodle is supposed to be of one solid colour all over, it sometimes happens that paws are of a lighter shade.

Possible colours are; (different shades of) white and cream, apricot, brown ( cafe or chocolate) silver and black. A silver coloured Labradoodle is always born black.  

History 

In 1970 a blind woman was looking for an assistance dog that would not aggravate her husbands allergies. In Australia a poodle and a labrador were crossed for this purpose, in order to combine the best properties of each breed. The initial results were very promising and a breeding programme was developed to further refine and perfect the "new" breed. After many years of successful breeding, multigenerational Australian Labradoodles are now bred all over the world.
A multigen Australian Labradoodle is a cross between labradoodles instead of the initial cross between  poodles and labradors.

BEWARE;
Very few first-cross (F1) labradoodles, if any, have non shedding allergy friendly properties. Therefore, be aware when you consider buying a labradoodle, however attractive the offer may seem at first sight!!!

Carolien van Beek

al.annahoeve@gmail.com   
KvK nr. 14132664

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