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Dog Breeds 101: F1 Australian Labradoodle ~ Meet KC & Solly-Wally Doodle

F1 Australian Labradoodle ~ Meet KC & Solly-Wally Doodle. A true Labradoodle is non-shedding and calm.
KC and Solomon Wally Doodle are pure bred "Labradoodle" dogs imported from Australia. KC spent some time at UCLA in California working with heart patients...

The first known use of the term "Labradoodle" was by Sir Donald Campbell to describe his Labrador Retriever/Poodle cross dog in his 1955 book, "Into the Water Barrier". However, the Labradoodle was first bred deliberately in 1988, when Australian breeder Wally Conron crossed the Labrador Retriever and Standard Poodle at Guide Dogs Victoria.
Conron's aim was to combine the low-shedding coat of the Poodle with the gentleness and trainability of the Labrador, and to provide a guide dog suitable for people with allergies to fur and dander. He'd received a request from a vision impaired woman in Hawaii for a guide dog that did not aggravate her husband's allergy to dog hair. Originally he planned to train a Standard Poodle, but hair and saliva samples of thirty-three different poodles sent to the woman's husband all caused an allergic reaction. A Labradoodle litter was bred, and the husband did not have an allergic reaction to one of the puppies from the litter. This puppy, Sultan, was successfully trained by Guide Dogs Victoria, and became the first Labradoodle Guide dog.
Although Guide Dogs Victoria no longer breed Labradoodles, they are bred by other guide and assistance dog organizations in Australia and elsewhere. Labradoodles are now widely used around the world as guide, assistance, and therapy dogs as well as being popular family dogs