Designer dogs are really hybrid or cross-breed dogs which have been developed to try and gain some positive characteristics or lose some damaging features from the founding pure-bred dog breeds. “Poo” hybrid dogs where the Poodle is crossed with a number of breeds for instance the Labrador Retriever (Labradoodle), Golden Retriever (Goldendoodle), Maltese (Maltipoo) Cocker Spaniel (Cockapoo), Bichon Frise (Bich-poo), Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkipoo) and also the Schnauzer (Schnoodle) are very well-known. This really is because the Poodle is a very intelligent breed with a non- or low-shedding odorless coat that is said to become hypoallergenic. Whilst there’s no guarantee as to what characteristics is going being passed on for the initial generation puppies through the breeding mother and father, the Poodles non-shedding coat seems to be a dominant characteristic that is frequently passed on to the very first generation of puppies, accountingfor the popularity in the “poo” hybrids. I guess in case you wanted to make sure a hypoallergenic and non-shedding coat, then you ought to acquire a Maltipoo, Schnoodle or even a Bich-poo exactly where both mom and dad have non-shedding coats. It ought to be noted that you will find actually two sorts of Labradoodles. The initial is the unofficialblended Poodle/Labrador designer breed described above and the second is the Australian Labradoodle which has resulted from an exhaustive Australian breeding program involving 6 diverse parent breeds: Poodle, Labrador Retriever; Irish Water Spaniel; Curly Coat Retriever; American Cocker Spaniel; and English Cocker Spaniel.