Isn the poodle cross healthier than a purebred poodle?
Many people suggest that the cross breeds are healthier and more vigourous than purebred poodles. While this may be true in some instances I do not understand that if you put two different purebreds together to get a new breed ie grodel, labradoodle, spoodle, etc how can they be healthier when you are adding together health problems from each side that may not be in the original purebred. Standard poodles do not have a major problem with hip dysplasia and most of the show dogs that are being bred have good hip scores and yet these poodles are then crossed with the Labradors and Golden Retrievers, breeds that have a problem with hip dysplasia. How is it possible that the groodles and labradoodles are healthier in this respect than the purebred poodle? The labradoodles, groodels, spoodles, and other poodle crosses do not have a non shedding coat. Pure bred poodles have a non allergenic coat. Most of the labradoodles, groodels, spoodles, and other poodle crosses have some degree of coat s
