houndlove
Posted : 6/21/2007 4:47:47 PM
Here's the thing about pet allergies: It's not really the hair. It's the dander and the saliva that most people are allergic to when it comes to pets, and no matter what sort of hair, all dogs have dander (dead skin cells) and all dogs have saliva. Dogs with non-shedding coats have LESS dander generally than dogs with shedding coats, so if dander is the problem a non-shedding dog can work out. But it could be saliva a person is allergic to in which case all bets are off.
The problem with mixing a nonshedding dog like a poodle with a shedding dog like a lab is that some of the pups will have lab-like coats, and some will have poodle-like coats, and some will be in-between, and when dogs are puppies you can not tell what their adult coat is going to be like.
Why not just get a standard poodle? I dont' understnad the need for labradoodles and goldendoodles at all since the standard poodle has many of the great qualities that labs have (after all, poodles are water-retrieving gun dogs just like labs) without the crazy shedding coat.