Asklemmy

Thanks! I was too lazy to search but curious enough to go to the comments.

I just hope they can live a life free of pain and medical disabilities unlike some breeds.

It’s broader than one farm, my mom is obsessed with doodles too. But prior to that had a purebred Bernese mountain dog. They’re great dogs, but have largely been bred into tragically short lifespans. Her’s died at 4 or 5 years old and averages at the time were like 6-8 years. So there’s the thought/hope that mixing with a broader gene pool available in the poodles will help them live longer.

They are also supposed to shed less is a reason I’ve been given a lot, but they need grooming all the time so I think it’s bullshit. They are cute, but it’s mostly a bunch of online groups that are driving the trend.

I had a poodle mix and the nice thing is they don't shed their fur on their own. Which also helps with allergies.

Cool so it's not just my area. Others here gave good reasons for them to be popular, unless you have any other thoughts?

Yeah plenty of well off liberal New Englanders have them around here. There are big Facebook groups about them and all kinds of online hype/bullshit (like everything at this point) about longevity, allergies, intelligence, etc.

They don’t shed as much, but the less they shed the more they need grooming, or they end up with mats and tangled.

Worth pointing out that only some poodle mixes have hypoallergenic fur. Getting a poodle is a guarantee for hypoallergenic fur; getting a poodle mix is not.

This is the exact opposite of my experience. Most doodle owners go the extra mile for their dogs, buying them actual food instead of kibble, getting them R+ trained (don’t say you love dogs and then train them with any other technique), they are active in their dogs lives, taking them to hike, walks, parks, family gatherings, and owning a doodle you understand that they still shed and need to be groomed a lot more than other dogs.

The worst owners and dogs by far and away are pit bull owners. Everyone thinks that their little “pebble” or “velvet cow” is so cute until it rips a toddlers face off, but then it’s somehow the toddlers fault.

I own a doodle, but probably the most engaged owners I’ve seen are greyhound/former track dog owners. They form bonds with dogs that have been abused and maybe only have a couple more years left, that’s tough.

Dogs just love people. If some rich asshole has the money to spoil their dog... the dog ain't going to care what wages their current care taker is being paid. I fail to see how this is a negative for the dogs life, on average a dogs life will be significantly worse in the hands of someone with much less money.

Absolutely not this and I'm very surprised that you're mostly upvoted.

People get these dogs because they're cute. People like cute dogs. It's not a status symbol.

And poodle mixes are owned by a huge variety of people. Is the hype/trend of having them overblown? Absolutely. But people get them because they're cute. People like cute dogs.

They're also easy to get, and that usually only applies to pitbulls and pitbull mixes when it comes to large dogs.

You come across as someone who is very uninformed but very opinionated about the subject.

Big up for non-shedding. Pretty much the only deciding factor when we got ours.

Huh, I see doodles all the time, but I've never seen an aussiedoodle. Labradoodles and goldendoodles as far as the eye can see.

Not any more. I destroyed it on advice from the internet.

Yah, I learned in this thread there is more than one kind of "doodle".