Labardoodle

[bbasil]

Doodles

We bought this golden doodle as a pet before I got into pheasant hunting. Doodles are a great breed if you need a non shedder for allergies etc. They also seem to have less allergies and health issues than purebread goldens. I've done some basic training and hunting with her this year. She does fine. She has great energy and loves to find birds and retrieve them.

 

[morrismike]

look, i don't mean to be rude, but the labradoddle is nothing but a designer breed, ill conceived by some idiot who had nothing better to do that day.......it is testimony for too many lab breeders who got bored and decided to bastardize the breed, purposely mixing them with poodles and goldens.
there are enough mutts around which need homed/re-homed and there are plenty of good hunting breeds....for serious bird hunters....stuff like this gripes me to no end.

OK I started out with a joke but F1 hybrids can show a lot of vigor even if the two original breeds crossed never amount to anything in the long run. If a person wants the dog let them buy it. If a guy wants to hunt with a poodle, then a labrodoodle might the only option.

 

[Gatzby]

http://www.globalanimal.org/2010/12/...s-breed/25768/

Original breeder regrets creating the crossbreed.

 

[bbasil]

Doodles

Every dog was a designer dog or crossbred at some point. I'm sure that English Pointer owners thought German Shorthairs were mutts back in the 1900's. In our case we wanted the looks and temperment of a golden retriever with the non allergenic and shedding characteristics of a poodle. The fact that she likes to hunt is an added bonus.

 

[V-John]

Some mixed feelings on this. Feed back is appreciated and opinions are respected. I suppose its all in the eye of the beholder.

If you already have the dog, and want to make it a hunting partner, then sure you could make it an adequate hunting partner, if it has any sort of prey drive. It just depends on your standards, I suppose. If all you want it to do, is flush and possibly find a bird or whatever, then I'm sure you could get it to do that.

Now, if you were looking for a dog to hunt and haven't purcased one yet, then I would probably buy a proven dog from proven lines.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Creating a breed is not a backyard sport. For instance, the Pudelpointer was created by joining a German Wasserpudel to English pointer. The first litter was subsequently breed back to the pointer an additional eight times to obtain the desired result---a pointing dog with strong nose, prey drive, retrieving and water abilities. Most of the versitile dogs went this route---Shorthair, Wirehair, Griffon etc. The oldest dog out there is probably the Munsterlander. Most of the Labradoodles and Goldendoodles I know of were thrown together regardless of of their hunting abilities. Do you think the first party that did this said " I am going to take my world champion Lab and find the best hunting female Standard Poodle that I can find and start a breed? I am going to go thru generation after generation with a number of additional gene introductions, culling the undesirables after they don't meet my expectations.
I have seen any number of Lab Shorthair "accidental" crosses that were pretty good hunters (most pointed) and I beleive that is what a Wesselpointer is. Hopefully they have the determination to see it thru properly.
I do not even know if there are any second generation Doodles out there of either type. Beleive it or not I saw two miniture Goldendoodles the other day. It's your bet if you want to buy one hoping it will hunt. Mabe it will maybe it won't.

 

[Gatzby]

Anyone here that is actively using a labardoodle to hunt pheasant or duck with? Or know anyone who is using one. Id be very interested in hearing some stories or prod and cons.

I think the most telling part is with all the responses and views not one person is hunting with one of theses fluffys. I really doubt an FC/AFC dog has ever been bred to a SH/MH bitch to produce quality doodle pups. If I had an FC dog I would not risk breeding him as an experiment. Like wise if I had a strong field poodle I would not risk her health or reputation to make a litter of more or less valueless pups that very well may become rescue dogs. Their are a lot of awesome mutts waiting on death row at the pound. Save one of these instead of adding to the problem, your odds of a good hunter are about the same.

The dog in my profile picture is a rescue dog that I wouldn't trade for the world

Steve

 

[V-John]

I think the most telling part is with all the responses and views not one person is hunting with one of theses fluffys. I really doubt an FC/AFC dog has ever been bred to a SH/MH bitch to produce quality doodle pups. If I had an FC dog I would not risk breeding him as an experiment. Like wise if I had a strong field poodle I would not risk her health or reputation to make a litter of more or less valueless pups that very well may become rescue dogs. Their are a lot of awesome mutts waiting on death row at the pound. Save one of these instead of adding to the problem, your odds of a good hunter are about the same.

The dog in my profile picture is a rescue dog that I wouldn't trade for the world

Steve

Good post.

 

[hunter94]

Good post.

:thumbsup:

 

[Dakotazeb]

I'm with everyone else on this thread and against the hybrid breeds. However, I think it would be cool to hunt with a field bred standard Poodle. Can you imagine the looks a guy would get in the field??

Is there anyone on this site that has hunted with a standard Poodle?

 

[carptom1]

I'm with everyone else on this thread and against the hybrid breeds. However, I think it would be cool to hunt with a field bred standard Poodle. Can you imagine the looks a guy would get in the field??

Is there anyone on this site that has hunted with a standard Poodle?

I have never hunted with one, but I have seen some in the field. There are a couple older guys from Minnesota that I have run into a few times staying at the Ramada inn that is in Aberdeen. I have only seen them in December, and they were not there last year. They have three or so standard poodles. Pretty cool. I almost had a chance to hunt with them a couple years ago. They were in the bar knocking back a couple one night and I struck up a conversation with the more social of the two. I was real close to an invitation to hunt with them on some private ground in the morning. Then the quiet one told the other one it was time to go and they were gone. Probably figured out that I had a lab and figured I was low rent. That's the closest I have ever been. Maybe when I go up this year I will try to seperate them if they are there

 

[Uncle Buck]

Good post.

I second. ----------

 

[Uncle Buck]

I'm with everyone else on this thread and against the hybrid breeds. However, I think it would be cool to hunt with a field bred standard Poodle. Can you imagine the looks a guy would get in the field??

Is there anyone on this site that has hunted with a standard Poodle?

About three years ago the Argus actually ran an article on Standard Poodle hunting in SD and I thought we had a few comments posted.

 

[Gatzby]

I'm with everyone else on this thread and against the hybrid breeds. However, I think it would be cool to hunt with a field bred standard Poodle. Can you imagine the looks a guy would get in the field??

Is there anyone on this site that has hunted with a standard Poodle?

I have trained with a lady who has a standard poodle with a show title and a Senior title. That dog is bad ass!!!! He is all muscle and loves to work. I've heard rumors about what the dog is valued at.... For me it would be over a years salary! And I have a good job.

Steve