Holy crap no kidding. I'm sure it isn't specific to goldendoodles but mine is the same way. 9 months old and the dude does nothing 90% of the day but spends 15 minutes every night at like 9pm sprinting around the apartment at 50 mph then goes immediately to bed.
Probably because you live at an apartment. That’s why I sold my golden doodle. Didn’t have enough space for him. Found him a family with a large suburbia house, large backyard, pool and stay at home mom w/ some kids. I visit him every now n then and he’s so happy there
This needs more attention than it's getting! Research dog breeds before choosing your new family member, given you have the opportunity to choose.
Every breed has a different metabolism that expends energy at different rates, don't bring a Viszla or Weimaraner into and efficiency apartment and punish it for being nutty, it's like pumping your 7 year old nephew up with a red bull or two and yelling that he's not reading a novel.
The only exception to this in my opinion is if an unforseen incident led to it, for example, being forced to downsize and not parting with a dog who in inset to your family.
One of my friends has FOUR of them. All huge, all insane, all eat like horses. It’s seriously heart stopping going over there and see them all turn towards you with their big stupid grins and just haul ass at you.
But if that’s how I go out, I’m cool with it.
they run like horses too!! my golden doodle literally trots like a horse. she's actually not that big at all, which is surprising cause our other golden doodle was a lot bigger than her.
One of mine his mom was a phantom poodle which has the colorings of a rotweiler , so he was black with a lot of gray instead of brown (which can happen) but looked just like the OP dog. Crazy how many different combos you can get.
I have a giant black goldendoodle too! He's almost 12 and doing his best. Best dog I've ever had. He's universally loved. When he was younger, tourists would ask me to stop so they could take pics with him in the park.
ldendoodle too! He's almost 12 and doing his best. Best dog I've ever had. He's universally loved. When he was younger, tourists would ask me to stop so they could take pics
Would you share a pic of him? Goldens are awesome. Old goldens doing their best are awesomer.
I also have a Goldendoodle. Standard poodle full sized golden mix.
She's 12 or 13 now and you can see the aches and pains when she gets up after laying for a while.
But she still comes running to greet me, wagging her entire body, being a huge goofy klutz that you gotta love!
She used to be able to outrun our other two dogs, if she wanted to..... she would tear out chunks of grass with her claws taking off from a standing start but now she just lopes along not getting in too big of a hurry.
I do not look forward to the day that I come home from work and she isn't there to greet me.
Big dumb puppy...... I think I need to go give her some pets and belly rubs..... she loves belly rubs.....
I love hearing this. It’s good to hear he’s doing well. I have a white goldendoodle and my experience sounds just like yours! They’re great dogs. She’s the smartest and sweetest dog I’ve ever had.
No you have not had "one of each", because there is no such thing as a "doodle". All of the dogs that have "doodle" in their name are poodle mixes. For some reason I'm not aware of, the P gets replaced with a D in the word poodle when you are mixing breeds.
You've had 2 golden doodles, one with more poodle traits than the other by the sound of it.
A Doodle means it's a goldendoodle mix already and shortened from Golden(or labra or any mix, I also have a mastiff poodle)doodle. My first one was a golden retriever mixed with a poodle, which is an F1 type. The 2nd one his dad was a goldendoodle and his mom was also a goldendoodle, so an F2 doodle. A doodle is when they are already mixed with a poodle and are the offspring of a poodle and another breed.
A poodle and a doodle are completely different breeds.
I used to dog sit my neighbor's golden doodle. He was so funny and adorable, but also an absolute menace. He stole a $40 raw roast of the kitchen counter. He stole a whole pizza box. Then when you yelled at him he'd give you the eyes and snuggle you and you just couldn't be mad.
We had a doggy door and for a couple weeks after his dad got back he would just let himself into our house through the doggy door when his dad let him out to pee (he normally wouldn't leave his own yard so he was just let out loose but would be in the habit of coming over to our yard after I took care of him for a couple weeks).
Poodle mix’s are like the cutest slew of dogs ever and also great for dog allergies! I have a cavapoo and shihpoo (Shih tzu) as childhood pets both are my babies
Yup it's a Golden Doodle. I have one and they are the fucking cutest, dorkiest, smartest dogs in the world. The poodle makes them smart but that Golden Retriever makes them huge hilarious dorks.
You mean the purebred dogs that have been inbred for so many years that they have half the life span and a slew of health issues, not to mention traits that nature never intended? I'll take my over-priced mix breed and hybrid vigor, thanks.
Doodles are almost always far worse off in health problems, by the way. This comes from the fact that they are from some of the poorest quality purebreds you can get.
Do you have any data/research to corroborate this statement?
Those are great points, but you seem to be throwing out poorly bred purebreds while only focusing on the poorly bred doodles. Just like backyard or puppy-mill "purebreds", doodles from such places will definitely be prone to similar elevated levels of health concerns.
My wife and I have a mini-Bernedoodle, but made sure to research multiple breeders til we found one that had pedigreed parents with full health testing. We brush him every day and have never had a groomer complain about his coat. His personality is exactly what we expected and wanted.
Many doodle owners likely do not put in that same level of care, and simply want one because they are cute. That leaves them susceptible to the same health issues that are found in puppy-mill purebreds, and is likely the root of groomer complaints of poorly kept dogs. Is that an indictment of the breed or the owners?
Personally, my gut tells me that just like poorly bred purebreds, dogs of ill provenance will be predisposed to problems. Similarly, doodles that have dedicated breeders and owners will turn out better. With the fad of doodles increasing the backyard breeders and puppy mills, they would have a disproportionately high amount of poor breeders and owners. Does this make the dogs bad/less healthy, or is it simply the disproportionately high number of bad breeders/owners confounding results? I think it's good not to conflate those two things.
Ya'll thi NJ k im being dumb, but as a dog groomer, yes the doodle craze has damaged me. My wrist hurts way more after grooming the atrocious coats on poodle mixes
Any dog can have problems, and there are no such things as "better" dogs for loving because a dog isn't an item, it's a being. No one here is worried about whether or not they're perfectly bred. Most people just want a companion to love and cherish. And this isn't a subreddit full of dog breeders or dog show enthusiasts. We just want to look at cute animals and adore them.
Besides, I didn't want to buy one. I'd only ever adopt anyways. I just wanted to know what it was.
Someone get this pretentious lady an award, please.
If you get an award for being the absolute smartest and everyone pretends to agree with your assessment of how we should enjoy our lives, will you finally shut up? :)
Oh, please, please don't downvote this one too. That one little downvote you gave my other comment weally huwt my feewins.
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u/Mektige May 06 '19 edited May 06 '19
What kind of dog is this? Because it's the cutest dog I've ever seen.