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Breed History
The Labradoodle was bred
over 20 years ago in the
80's in Australia by Wally
Conran of the Royal Guide
Dogs in Victoria, Australia. The
breed was developed by
the intentional breeding of
a Labrador Retriever and a
Standard Poodle. This mixed breeding was done after several
years of research to find an allergy friendly guide dog for a family
in Hawaii. Originally several samples of Poodle fur were sent to
the family. Unfortunately they all caused allergic reactions to the
husband of a blind woman. That is when the idea of breeding this
mix breed came to fruition.
The first litter only produced three puppies and with much
success one of the three puppies tested positive for being allergy
friendly. This dog was known as Sultan and went on to be trained
as a guide dog. In order to further enhance the allergy
friendliness of the Labradoodle breeding started to take place that
included breeding Labradoodle to Labradoodle to make Double
Doodles. Then breeding of Double Doodle to Double Doodle took
place to produce a Tri Doodle. This type of breeding alone did not
prove to create a consistently non shedding, allergy friendly dog
with the temperament suitable to become a service dog; therefor
additional breeds were profiled and added to create what we now
know and call the Australian Labradoodle. This infusion was
meant to enhance the Australian Labradoodle's temperament,
coat, health, companionship and keen skills. Today there are few
American Labradoodle breeders who use the original formula to
produce their Labradoodles. Thus creating two different breeds of
Labradoodles, generally known as the Australian Labradoodle and
the American Labradoodle or the Multigen or Earlygen
Labradoodle. As history is made every day please come back to
this page often to read about the developments of the Australian
Labradoodle and their progression to breed recognition as a pure
breed dog.
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