Found this beautiful dog in another Goldendoodle forum. She's a black Goldendoodle who is more Golden Retriever than a Poodle. Clean face, more waivy than a regular Golden Retriever so it should shed less. <3.
What a beauty! I personally prefer the Golden Retriever side vs the Poodle. Of course the Goldendoole mix was created for a less shedding Golden Retriever. A need for a larger Doodle that maintained the desired low-dander, low-shedding coat and that possessed the intelligent and friendly nature of the Golden Retriever. However with the instroducton of the Poodle colors, you get these exotics mixes!
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Beautiful dog whatever she is- whether golden/poodle mix or something else. If I were looking for a dog, she'd sure be high on my list.
Same here!
Lovely dog. But I would not look at the wavy hair as a prediction that the dog will shed less than a Golden. I have heard stories of more "retriever-y" doodles who seem to shed more than the dog they came from.
I also think people have such a misconception about the personality of a Poodle. Maybe it's the haircut that makes them look snooty. But of all the Poodles I know they're just as likely to come over and jump in my lap as the Golden Retriever. And Poodles are incredibly smart. Smarter than the Goldens - no offense to the Goldens. I love them too. I don't know that much about the creation of the doodle as a service dog. But I wonder if the real reason was more along the line of they needed a dog with more bone than the Poodle has. The Poodle is a dainty dog, and even the tall ones don't weigh a ton. They would not be suited for someone who needed to lean on them.
I agree 100%. On the shedding as well as the Poodles.
Luna's hair was more wavy than a Golden but she shed a TON, the only reason she maybe shed less than a Golden was that she was smaller. Riley sheds quite a bit too even though she is quite curly - it's her undercoat that sheds and she has a LOT of it. Not nearly as much as Luna though because Riley's top coat doesn't seem to shed and Luna's did.
I don't know why some doodle people (including my husband) say they don't want a poodle. I think he's warming up to the idea because of Toby though. I've always thought of poodles as friendly, fun-loving dogs.