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Temperament Differences Due to SizeOur
Second Generation Labradoodle and Australian Labradoodle puppies’ parents are very quiet, calm, intelligent, and bright. We can refer you to any of the owners of our dogs and
puppies for positive recommendations. We are very selective of our parents and take great pride in NEVER having a negative comment made about us, our dogs or
our program. Our puppies have a great desire to be part of the family making them
very easy to train and a joy to include in your family. Labradoodles are good watchdogs but are void of aggression. They are sociable with other animals including
cats if socialized as puppies. Our
Labradoodles are ever patient with children of all ages. We train our puppies as soon as feasible, they are potty trained to wee pads, taught to swim with ease,
given a collar, taught not to bite or chew on people, are given lots of love and handling by kids and adults, given toys, inside & outside time as well as the beginning of basic obedience. They
sleep in our home day & night & are taken outside to play many times a day. We do perform a puppy personality profile test at 6 weeks to be able to
understand all our puppies & train appropriately, as well as inform our families decision.
Temperament of mini, medium versus standard labradoodles?
There is generally a noticeable temperament difference between a toy, miniature and standard poodle. The champion show ring has caused breeders of poodles to sometimes select
breeding dogs based on physical form and size versus temperament and health especially in the smaller of the breed. Inbreeding is also a common technique of toy and
miniature poodle breeders. These are the main contributors to the difference.
The hybrid vigor of crossbreeds can counterbalanced this negative temperament and health trend.
In addition, most breeders of labradoodles, me included, refuse to breed to toy poodles and select miniature poodles for breeding based on temperament and
health followed by physical form. Although we do breed mini's we do not focus on size at the determent of temperament and health.
The careful selection of both breeding parents is critical to your puppy’s temperament and health and should be the main criteria for all breeders.
Using the selection criteria above I have noticed no temperament or health difference between our mini, medium and standard Second Generation Labradoodles and Australian Labradoodles.
If breed correctly, Second Generation Labradoodles and Australian Labradoodles are easy going, up for fun, love to play, easy to train, love to swim and romp as well as just hang out with the
entire family.
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