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AgileGSD

Their shedding depends on the coat type, some really barely shed at all but some shed like normal dogs (as opposed to shed like GSDs, Labs or other heavy shedders). None IME are "constant shedders"

wikipedia

The breed tends to shed hair twice annually, or regularly throughout the year in temperate climates. Some labs shed a lot; however, individual labs vary.

largedogbreedz.com (talking about Labs.)

Grooming: Low. Average shedders. Easy to groom.

AgileGSD

One that is being called a Poodle/Beagle mix is super cute!

What's that... a Boogle?  Sorry.....

ron2

AgileGSD

Their shedding depends on the coat type, some really barely shed at all but some shed like normal dogs (as opposed to shed like GSDs, Labs or other heavy shedders). None IME are "constant shedders"

wikipedia

The breed tends to shed hair twice annually, or regularly throughout the year in temperate climates. Some labs shed a lot; however, individual labs vary.

largedogbreedz.com (talking about Labs.)

Grooming: Low. Average shedders. Easy to groom.

 

 So do you think Labs shed constantly or do you think they don't shed much? 

ron2

I saw one at the Dallas SPCA last year, a big old brute of a dog, a bit barky, (no doubt, he didn't like it in there), smelling to high heaven and needing a grooming big time. I don't see what is so hypoallergenic about that mix. Sounds like something Billy Mays would sell. Labs are single-coated with a short coat that sheds constantly. Poodles have that long, curly coat and though they constantly shed, too, they need grooming. So the cross is a constant shedder than also needs grooming

Max is a constant shedder - he sheds nonstop, 24/7/365.  I was always under the impression that just  because you breed a non/low shedding dog (like a poodle) with another breed  that does shed, it doesn't automatically mean you'll get a non-shedder.  Couldn't the "doodle" take after the shedding parent just as easily as the poodle?

Joyce                         

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Max is a constant shedder - he sheds nonstop, 24/7/365.  I was always under the impression that just  because you breed a non/low shedding dog (like a poodle) with another breed  that does shed, it doesn't automatically mean you'll get a non-shedder.  Couldn't the "doodle" take after the shedding parent just as easily as the poodle?

Joyce                         

 The shedding totally has to do with the sort of hair a dog has. Dogs who are heavy shedders tend to be ones with thick undercoats. Non-shedders have a type of coat that is more like hair than fur - it grows and grows and has no undercoat.Light shedders can have little to no undercoat (think Whippet or Greyhound). Terriers have a specific sort of coat that doesn't tend to shed like most dogs but does come out with drying and brushing. First generation Doodles don't have Lab or Poodle hair but more of a wirey terrier type coat. I have not seen any first generation Doodles that had anything but a "scruffy" coat. Second generations can have different coats and ones bred back to Poodles seem to have more curly, non-shedding Poodle coats. So with first generation Doodles, their coats aren't really like either parent.

Thanks!  That's interesting to know.  I didn't even realize that a short haired dog had an undercoat.  I always thought that was something long haired dogs had.

Joyce