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The Australian Labradoodle
The Perfect Service and Family Companion
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Kendra Vestal
Contact Us
Noblesville, Indiana
(317) 770 7418
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Body
Height to length ratio should be 10 to 12 (being
slightly longer in leg than body) but still appearing
square and compact. Shoulders should have good
angulations with firm elbows held close to the rib
cage. Hindquarters should be of medium
angulations with short strong hocks. Top line
should remain level with strong loin and level
croup. Flanks should rise up from a brisket set
just below the elbows, but should not be
excessively deep. Ribs should be well sprung but
not barreled. Overall, the dog should appear square, be balanced, athletic and
with good muscling.
Movement: When trotting should be purposeful, strong and elastic, with good
reach and drive, giving the appearance of
Head: Sculptured, broad, well defined eyebrows, medium stop, eyes set well
apart, nose to eye slightly longer than eye to occiput. The head should be clean
and chiseled and fully coated as on the body, legs and tail.
Ears: Set moderately flat against the head, base should be level with the eye.
Leather should be of medium thickness and when gently drawn forward should
reach the top canine tooth. Ear leather reaching beyond the tip of nose is
considered a severe fault. Ear canals should be free of excessive hair, and not
thick and bulbous. When inquisitive and alert the ear set should rise to the top of
the head. Thick/heavy ear leather is a fault.
Eyes: Slightly round, large and expressive, always offering eye to eye contact
when engaged in activity with a human. Protruding or sunken eyes are a fault.
Watery or tearful eyes are a fault. Wide round or narrow almond shaped eyes are
considered a fault.
Eye Color: Eye color should complement and blend with the face color. Blue,
Red, Dark Chocolate and Silver dogs must have dark brown eyes. All shades of
Cafe', Milk Chocolate, Gold/Apricot, Cream and Chalk should have dark hazel to
brown eyes if they have black pigment. Caramel and dogs with rose pigment may
have either dark eyes or ghost eyes. Ghost is a hazel color range much the same
as it is in humans. Flecking with different shades of hazel with green and a
blue/green make this eye color quite unique. Ghost eyes must always remain soft
in appearance. Cold staring expressionless appearance in all eye colors is a severe
fault.
Teeth: Scissor bite only is acceptable, being neither undershot nor overshot.
Miniatures must not have crowding teeth.
Nose: Large square and fleshy. Pigment: Black or Rose. Pigment should be
strong. Black pigment dogs must have dark brown eyes. Pink spots or patches
on nose, lips, eye rims or pads are a fault. Dogs with rose pigment can have dark
hazel, brown or ghost eyes. Eye rims should be rose as should nose, lips and
pads. Pink spots or patches are a severe fault. Rose should be a rich liver color.
Neck: The firm, well muscled neck should be moderately long, slightly arched
and flow into the well angled shoulders with no appearance of abruptness. The
neck should not be coarse nor stumpy and should lend an air of elegance to the
dog. A short thick neck is a fault. White but when compared to a true white it is a
chalky white) - may have rose or black Cream and Apricot Cream (all shades and
combinations of cream shades are acceptable) - may have rose or black pigment.
