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The Australian Labradoodles  

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What we breed
Labradoodles are playful and fun

What We Breed

 

It takes many generations of careful selection to arrive at the coat, conformation and disposition of the multi-generation Australian Labradoodle. These labradoodles are as low shed as a dog can be and are allergy friendly.  

 

This is the labradoodle we choose to breed.

 

The breeding of an ALD is never done, however. We believe in genetic diversity because it brings vigor, good health, to the breed. We constantly bring in new blood lines to ensure genetic vigor in our lines.

 

Disposition

Disposition

 

Australian Labradoodles are friendly, happy, loyal, playful , affectionate, intuitive and intelligent.

They should be happy and energetic when free, then gentle and quiet when handled or resting. They are easy to train.

Orginally bred as an allergy friendly service dog, labradoodles make excellent companion dogs and are used as therapy dogs. Our dogs bring calm and peace to many. Besides greeting famlilies with a wagging tail after a tough day, they calm austistic children, visit the sick and lonely, cuddle with a child learning to read, and many other heroic tasks.  

Labradoodles love a game of fetch
Dispositon
Groomig
Labradoodle coat care

Labradoodle Care 

To ensure tangle free hair, all labradoodles should be brushed 20 minutes per week. Initially, use a slicker brush, one layer at a time, and then a detangler comb. Shorter coats require less grooming. A full groom every 2 months.

 

Clean the ears weekly with a good ear cleaner that includes a drying agent. Squirt the cleaner in the ear and wipe with a cotton ball. This helps prevent ear infections. Also clean the ears after bathing or swimming.

 

The Labradoodle will require daily exercise as well as play time in order to be happy and healthy. With their love of people, the labradoodle does best living inside as a part of the family.

SIZE CATEGORIES

Labradoodles  come in three different sizes.  Measuring should take place from the floor to the top of the shoulder. Because the labradoodle can be naturally thin or stocky, the weights can vary.

Standard

22 to 24  inches

50-65 lbs. 

Medium

17 to 20 inches 

30-50 lbs.

Miniature 

13 to 16 inches

15-26 lbs.

Labradoodle sizes
Size
Health
Health testing labradoodle

Health

 

Extensive genetic testing is conducted on each Coastal Labradoodle breeding dog. Hip and elbow x-rays are screened by the OFA for hip displasia. Eyes are examined by a verinary opthamologist. Patellas and heart are checked. The dogs DNA is also tested for inherited disease common in the labradoodles.

 

Only the dogs that pass our rigorous testing standards, which includes good temperatment, coat and conformation, are bred. are

 

 Each puppy is vet checked and given first round of core vaccines.

Conformaton

Conformation

 

To the right is a chart showing how a healthy dog should be more square in structure. Ethical labradoodle breeder keep this healthy struction in mind when breeding. However, since genetic diversity and introducing new blood lines is also important, it is not possible to have both all the time. 

Below are two Coastal Labradoodle puppies with ideal conformation.

labradoodle structure
Labradoodle structured for optimal health
Labradoodle body types
Coats colors Pattersn Textures

  Coats:
      Colors
        Textures                 Patterns

Labradoodle allergy friendly coats are lush and low to non-shedding. They can be free flowing or curly.

They can be fleece or wool in texture.

Fleece

 

The Fleece coat texture is light and silky, similar to an Angora goat. This coat can range from loosely waved to a more curly wave. 

 

Wool

 

Wool coats are more dense to the touch and feel like a sheep's wool. Curls are springy.  To keep the wool coat long and flowing requires more maintenance. The wool coat looks beautiful cut shorter and is easier to maintain.

 

Parti with wool coat

  Parti is over 50% white with another color. The second color here is caramel, seen in the ears. 

Tuxedo labradoodle groom
Caramel labradoodle puppies

Solid Caramels with white markings

Puppy on left is dark caramel

Puppy on right is caramel cream

Caramels have brown to rose noses.

Coat: wavy fleece

White pattern marks can appear on chest, paws, head, neck, tip of tail and chest.

Chocolate with full Tuxedo Pattern

  Chocolates have brown to rose noses.

Wavy fleece Coat

Solid Caramel with white markings

If this dog had black pigment, seen in nose, paw pads and gums, she would be called apricot, or light red.

caramel tuxedo labradoodle
Red fleece labradoodle

Solid Red

Reds have black pigment seen in their nose, paw pads and gums.

This dog has wavy fleece.

Red curly fleece labradoodle

Solid Red

This red dog has curly fleece.

black labradoodle

Solid Black

Wavy fleece.

Some blacks have a blue tint where the fleece meets the skin. In certain light these dogs have a slight blue shade.

Blacks can fade to a beautiful silver

Labradoodle black white markings

Solid Black with White Markings

Wavy fleece.

Cream

Cream fleece with black nose.

Wavy fleece.

wavy fleece labradoodle
Chocolate labradoodle

Cafe

Chocolates can fade to a beautiful cafe or mocha color

Wavy fleece.

Lavender

Chocolates can have an undertone of lavender.

It is the same gene that can give a black labradoodle coat a blue tint.

Wavy fleece.

Dog on right is a standard

She is also a phantom.

Phantoms have white on  legs, chest, muzzle, tip of tail and face.

Dog on left is a mini.

chocolate lavendar labradoodle
Labradoodle patterns phanton
Red  color parti labradoodle

Roan Pattern

Caramel Parti with

Roan Pattern

Roan is when the darker color grows under the white fleece of a parti patterned dog

Wavy fleece.

Parti Pattern

Red parti 

Wavy fleece.

Roan patterned labradoodle
Labradoodle parti roan black

Phantom Pattern

Caramel Parti with

Phantom Pattern

Caramel Phantom

The phantom pattern is most dramatic on dark colored fleece such as black or dark chocolate.

Wavy fleece.

Roan Pattern

Chocolate Parti with

Roan Pattern

Roan is when the darker color grows under the white fleece in a parti patterned dog.

Wavy fleece.

labradoodle colors
Labradoodle coat color coat patterns

Tri Color

Simply put, tri color is a phantom with white markings.

Black color

Wavy fleece.

Phantom

This dog began as a black phantom. His coat faded to a beautiful reddish tone.

Note the white on tail, legs, muzzle, chest and top of head.

Wavy fleece.

labradoodle tri color
sable patterned labradoodle

Sable

This dog started out black and slowly turned a beautiful fawn over most of her fleece

This is called sable pattern.

She also has white markings.

Wavy fleece.

Curly fleece labradoodle
Snow

Snow

Snow came to us from another breeder.

She was so sweet and gentle, like a cuddly teddy bear.

This is what curly fleece looks like brushed out

We lived on a ranch and one day she wandered off...

We even searched in town 

From a distance, we thought we'd found her...

On a closer look....

It was a goat!

goat mistaken for lost labradoodle

 Snow was waiting for us our front porch when we arrived home.

We hugged and kissed her moppy fleeced self!

She told us her adventure

The thougsand burrs told us she had wandered far....

Two emptied water bowls told us she had wandered long.....

We began to brush her, but she told us no!

So we got out the clippers and shaved her down.

curly coat labradoodle

After a shave and bath

Snow smiled!

This is how curly fleeced looks shaved short.

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