The first known use of the term "Labradoodle" was by Sir Donald Campbell to describe his Labrador/Poodle cross dog in his 1955 book, "Into the Water Barrier".
Labradoodles were first breed in the 1970's by Wally Cochran of Guide Dogs Victoria, Australia. Orginally developed for a blind woman from Hawaii who suffered from severe allergies. One of the guide dogs, a Labrador Retriever, was breed with a standard poodle imported for Sweden. Cochran dubbed the resulting litter "Labradoodles."
Years later a breeder, who supplied puppies to pet stores, started breeding Labradooles. He bred back more Poodle and Labradoodle to Labradoodle to create great family pets. Others tried to recreate Cochran's results with mixed outcomes. In order to abtain a consistant outcome for the Labradoodle, a few breeders started keeping track of parentage and maintained strict breeding standards of health and physical specifications. Other breeds were added to the mix, Irish Water Spaniel, Curly-Coated Retriever, Newfoundland and Cocker Spaniels. These are considered Australian Labradoodles. American Labradoodles are simply just Labrador Retrievers bred to Standard Poodles.
Famous People with Labradoodles
US Vice-President Joe Biden, Brother
Singer Neal Young, Carl
Jennifer Aniston
Elle MacPherson, Bella
Graham Norton, Bailey
Barbara Eden, Djinn Djinn
Football Player
Brett Favre
Christie Brinkley, Maple Sugar
Henry Winkler, Charlotte
Julianne Moore
HockeyPlayer Dustin Brown, Milo
Singer Lance Bass
3 dog night's Danny Hutton,
Dennis Leary, Daphne
