Labradoodle

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Labradoodle
Labradoodle
Not from the FCI recognized
Origin :

Australia

Withers height:

54-65 cm

Weight:

25-35 kg

List of domestic dogs

Labradoodle is the name for dogs that are the result of crosses between Labrador Retrievers and Standard Poodles . The Labradoodle is not a dog breed in the strict sense, but a hybrid dog . In contrast to most hybrid dogs, however, they continue to breed with the crossings and try to develop an independent breed on this basis. The Australian Labradoodle is recognized by the American Continental Kennel Club (CKC).

Labradoodle in the run

Origin and history

Since 1989, the Australian Wally Conron from Kew has been trying to breed a guide dog for the blind , which should be better tolerated by people with a dog hair allergy . To do this, he crossed the Labrador, which is often used as a guide dog, with the standard poodle, which is not subject to any change of coat . The resulting dogs were referred to as Labradoodles by contracting the two breed names .

Labradoodles have a poodle-like coat , whereby all colors are allowed. At the moment the goal of “no coat change” has not yet been fully achieved. In 2009 the size was 54 to 65 cm and the weight between 25 and 35 kg.

Breed evolution in Australia

In Australia, two clubs are trying to breed the Labradoodle. The breeding and marketing activities are coordinated by the Labradoodle Association of Australia Inc. (LAA) founded in 1998 . The LAA was renamed the Australian Labradoodle Association (ALA) in 2005 and in the same year founded the International Australian Labradoodle Association (IALA) (initially called the International Labradoodle Association (ILA)) together with the Australian Labradoodle Association of America (ALAA ). The IALA registered over 1500 dogs in 2009.

To achieve a breed standard, crossbreeds of Labrador and Poodle are used as well as other breeds crossed. To distinguish them from hybrid dogs , the dog crossbreeds are called Australian Labradoodle . As part of the effort to create a breed, breeds have been identified that will be accepted for use in breeding the Australian Labradoodles: Labrador Retriever , Irish Water Spaniel , Curly Coated Retriever , American Cocker Spaniel, and English Cocker Spaniel .

The ALA seeks the Australian canine governing body Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) a recognition of the Labradoodles to achieve as a race. This would require the breed to be renamed, as the ANKC does not recognize any combination of names of other breeds as breed names.

Parallel developments

Parallel to these developments with a center in Australia, there are still crossbreeds of parent animals of the races Labrador and Poodle (hybrid dogs), which are sold under the name Labradoodle. According to Mendel's rules, litters from such matings, as F1 descendants of two inbred lines, are phenotypically quite homogeneous ( hybrid breeding ). However, if these dogs continue to be bred, the distribution of the characteristics to the dogs of the F2 generation can no longer be predicted.

Special features of the fur structure

The Labradoodle is often advertised as having properties such as “non-hairy” and “hypoallergenic” ( producing few allergens ). However, studies on the fur of these dogs showed that the amount of allergen in the fur of Labradoodles does not differ from that in the fur of other dogs. According to current knowledge, a hypoallergenic dog does not exist.

Most of the dogs have lush coats that require brushing several times a week.

literature

  • Miriam Fields-Babineau: Labradoodle. Kennel Club Books, Allenhurst 2006, ISBN 1-59378-670-0 .

Web links

Commons : Labradoodle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Cathy Lambert: Getting to Know Labradors. Animalinfo Publications, ISBN 1-921537-04-3 .
  2. ↑ a b Miriam Fields-Babineau: Labradoodle. Kennel Club Books, Allenhurst 2006, ISBN 1-59378-670-0 .
  3. ↑ History of the Australian Labradoodle Associations ( memento of March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) - illustration on the website of the Australian Labradoodle Association of America ( memento of February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) as seen on February 18, 2009
  4. ^ IALA Parent Association ( Memento from April 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Representation on the ALAA website
  5. ↑ A. Heutelbeck: Current information on the diagnosis and therapy of dog allergies ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 64 kB) Proceedings, 18th autumn conference of allergologists in Brandenburg, 2010
  6. ^ A. Butt, D. Rashid, RF Lockey: Do hypoallergenic cats and dogs exist? In: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology . Volume 108, Number 2, February 2012, pp. 74-76, ISSN  1534-4436 . doi : 10.1016 / j.anai.2011.12.005 . PMID 22289723 .
  7. ↑ DW Vredegoor, T. Willemse, MD Chapman, DJ Heederik, EJ Krop: Can f 1 levels in hair and homes of different dog breeds: lack of evidence to describe any dog ​​breed as hypoallergenic. In: The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Volume 130, Number 4, October 2012, pp. 904-9.e7, doi : 10.1016 / j.jaci.2012.05.013 , PMID 22728082 .
  8. ↑ Charlotte E. Nicholas, Ganesa R. Wegienka u. a .: Dog Allergen Levels in Homes with Hypoallergenic Compared with Nonhypoallergenic Dogs. In: American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy. 25, 2011, p. 252, doi : 10.2500 / ajra.2011.25.3606 .
  9. ↑ Tove Fall, Sara Ekberg, Cecilia Lundholm, Fang Fang, Catarina Almqvist: Dog characteristics and future risk of asthma in children growing up with dogs. In: Scientific Reports. 8, 2018, p. 16899, doi : 10.1038 / s41598-018-35245-2 .
  10. ↑ Liz Palika: The Howell Book of Dogs: The Definitive Reference to 300 Breeds and Varieties. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ 2007, ISBN 0-470-00921-7 .