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The Australian Labradoodle
The Perfect Service and Family Companion
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Kendra Vestal
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Noblesville, Indiana
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Breed History
The Labradoodle was bred over 20 years ago 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.
