Golden Doodle Dogs — A Spectacular Designer Dog Breed
Golden doodle dogs are a designer dog breed resulting from the pairing of a golden retriever and a poodle. Their offspring may avoid or reduce their risk of the breed-specific health problems that plague many purebreds these days. Both parent breeds are known as highly intelligent and affectionate, that is, great family pets. A huge advantage of the golden doodle dog for people with allergies is that a goldendoodle, especially one with a curly coat, is less likely to shed to the extent that a purebred golden retriever will do. Poodles are a non-shedding breed and bring that significant advantage to the hybrid puppies that result.
Be aware that golden doodle dogs can result from a pairing of a golden retriever and a poodle, or they could be back-crossed to have relatively more of the genetic traits of one of the two breeds. For instance, a goldendoodle might be crossed with a poodle to encourage the lower shedding coat in the puppies. Size of the dog can vary, depending on the size of the parents. The variety of golden doodle dogs’ sizes include standard, medium, and miniature.
The temperament of a well-bred golden doodle dog is friendly and wanting to please you as the owner. This type of mixed breed dog should be easy to train, both from an attitude and an intelligence point of view. This means also that they will be good candidates not only as pets and companion animals, but also as guide dogs and other types of service dogs.
The golden doodle’s health issues can include hip dysplasia, especially as both of the contributing breeds are prone to this serious hip problem. Both breeds are also susceptible to various problems with their eyes, making it critical that the breeder be a responsible individual who has had the parents checked for both hip and eye problems to avoid passing along these heritable conditions. You would be looking for an OFA and CERF exam certification of both parents.
As with all types of dogs, consider adoption of a homeless golden doodle puppy or adult dog. Rescue groups all over the country save these animals, who have been abandoned or surrendered or lost by their owners and need good loving homes. There are national rescue groups for goldendoodles as well as many local rescue groups who save animals from euthanasia by taking them out of kill shelters and into foster homes until they can find their ‘forever’ home and family.
You can find subtypes of golden doodle dogs that are from mostly North American and Australian breeders. Other fond names for this breed include golden poos and goldie poos. This wonderful mixed breed of golden doodle dogs and puppies got their name as recently as the early 1990’s.
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