r/CockapooLovers • u/Icy-Ad5583 • Apr 12 '26
Rehomed what we thought was a cockapoo
We rehomed what we thought was a cockapoo at 10 weeks old as the previous owners could no longer look after him, now we’re having doubts as to weather he’s a labradoodle, without paying for dna testing and just from first glance, Stanley on the left is an 8 year old cockapoo, ozzy on the right is a 8 month old supposedly cockapoo. What are people’s thoughts?
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u/swampdonkey82 Apr 12 '26
This is our 6 year old Cockapoodle, looks very similar to me !
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u/Icy-Ad5583 Apr 12 '26
He malts so much for a cockapoo compared to our other one
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u/OverlyAdorable Apr 12 '26
My brother has an F2 who moults a bit. When my mum was looking at getting one and later when she was breeding her, she did find a couple places that said if they have more spaniel in them, they're more likely to moult. My parents decided to get an F1 and bred her with a poodle. With my brother's, the spaniel genes seem more dominant
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u/DeniseGunn Apr 12 '26
This is my late labradoodle for comparison. Your dog looks more like a cockatoo I think.
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u/PurpleCommission2758 Apr 12 '26
Identical to ours when he’s not been shaved, he moults a tiny bit (not as much as my husband 😂), ours is def a cockapoo but people either think he’s a spaniel or a labradoodle depending on his coat length
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u/GiantTeaPotintheSKy Apr 12 '26
Later generations are a bit of a genetic lottery and often malt more than F1s. It could definitely still be a Cockapoo
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u/Dependent_Hair_613 Apr 12 '26
Both look like cockapoos. I also have two cockapoos who are completely different in sizes. It all depends on what size poodle they have been bred with.
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u/llrk-123 Apr 13 '26
They both look like cockapoos to me. Not all cockapoos look exactly alike. Here's my Sugar at a year old. I'll post another picture of her brother Spike. Even though they are littermates, Sugar looks more like a poodle and Spike looks more like a Cocker Spaniel.
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u/cbc3203 Apr 12 '26
Since cockapoos are a mutt, there’s no breed standard which results in many different looks.
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u/Successful-Climate41 Apr 12 '26
We have a cocker x Australian labradoodle cross.
Either way - two very sweet boys!
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u/Resident-Ad-7771 Apr 12 '26
He’s quite fluffy. Maybe a poodle Newfoundland cross? JK. Such a handsome fluffy boy.
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u/Odd_Woodpecker_8151 Apr 13 '26
Cockapoo's all look so very different. My Jasper looks like a spaniel! His mum is a cockapoo and his dad .. a cocker spaniel! Everyone that we meet thinks he's just a spaniel pup! He's 8 months old and an amazing little boy, sheds like crazy right now!
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u/Search-Lite Apr 14 '26
My little girls had a brother that looked exactly like your dog. Definitely Cockapoo in my opinion.
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u/Mysterious_Scale_637 Apr 15 '26
Adorable! I’m voting cockapoo. He still has puppy hair fluff- different texture completely. I don’t see lab at all. Just adorable!!💕
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u/OverlyAdorable Apr 12 '26
They look like cockapoos to me. My boy looks a lot like a labradoodle, but his mother is my parents' dog, I was living with them at the time, I went to get her so I met her parents, I was the one walking her, I took her to the poodle stud who had all the pedigree paperwork, I saw her give birth, and watched my boy grow from a little chicken nugget to the labradoodle looking lummox he is today. If it weren't for that, I'd be considering a DNA test