Just wanted to respond to this one part. Last I heard there were people working towards making labradoodles a breed, and I believe they are breeding true. Or they are working towards it. I don't follow doodle mixes so what I know I've read in passing, I think they are calling them Australian Labradoodles. I think most people that breed these mix dogs are in it for a quick buck and it would take a lot of time and money to get them to the point of a breed.
I don't know too much about it. I just think, since they are so popular, there should be people working on making them a breed. If this is the kind of dog that really fits the lifestyle of the 21st century, it should be. Also, they used to be a big dog, and bred to standard poodles, but now I've noticed they are much smaller. I think breeding to a miniature poodle. (Maybe Goldendoodles.) Maybe they still haven't figured out where this is going.
THanks! So, I guess between getting a name from a hatchery and being recognized by APA is a kind of gray area. It's an unrecognized breed. I don't judge - I think new things are good as long as they don't supplant old thingsGood writeup @eep0100 and
If the hatchery can get birds of the same "type" to breed true even 50% of the time, that is one requirement to getting the breed recognized. BUT there have to be a minimum number of breeders breeding them repeatedly/reliably for some set number of years before they can even apply to the APA.
I guess they can trademark the name, but they can't keep others from crossing the same APA breeds and calling them something else.
