This Goldendoodle puppy appears to be more "Golden Retriever" . This is just a hybrid who has more Golden Retriever genes. This puppy is actually out of the litter up above. Hence what we mean when we say there is no consistency in the litter where size and coat goes. While this pup looks like a Golden Retriever puppy, at this stage, it will not shed like the Golden Retriever. It will shed its puppy hair at various stages, but it will not shed fly away hair all year round.

Riley, (shown above) had a flat coat and more Golden Retriever genes when he was a young puppy. As you can see, though, he still sports the "V" shape in the face but has adorable wisping hairs about his coat. He was not yet one year old in this photo, so he was still going through changes. This indicates a doodle who will have a shorter coat and may have more of a Golden Retriever appearance than those with ripples in the coat. If you are a Golden Retriever fan, you will enjoy this type of coat. Golden Retriever fans will NOT enjoy a small doodle because the smaller they are, the more Poodle traits they take on.

Between 10-14 weeks of age, the flat coated Goldendoodles continue to shed their baby fuzz. This puppy was 12 weeks old in this photo. By the time it is a year old it's coat will fill in and it will be beautiful. Pups with more ripples in the coat at birth go through fewer "extreme" changes. Those who have more Golden Retriever genes appear to have a flatter coat, thinner neck and longer muzzle at this age.

7 month old flat coat Goldendoodle puppy with his coat filling in. The dog shown above will start to fill in just like this pup.

17 week old Goldendoodle puppy. You will see the "V" shape between the forehead and the nose, a common trait with Goldendoodles. This doodle is a light apricot. We call him a light apricot because he has more golden hues all through-out his coat and not just about the face. He was going through a coat change at this age. On his neck and back, he has hairs all going in different directions. This particular doodle had slight curl in the coat. He will have a very nice, thick shaggy coat as an adult.

Example of a coat wisping in all directions but also showing curl. Curls occur at the tips of each strand beginning at 15 days of age, but become more prominent by age 6 months. The curls in the coat continue to lengthen as the coat grows out. This photo shows all the waves in the coat about the neck. This puppy was 17 weeks old and the coat begins to thicken by this age. Some people will view a doodle at different coat changes and ages and assume their coat is either curly or flat or that the puppy is not as attractive as one they saw at a different age. Every first generation doodle goes through a transitional coat phase. It is completely normal and WILL OCCUR regardless of whom you purchase from. We see the same coat phases occur with all Poodle hybrids.

Short adult coat coming through with many of the baby hairs still in the coat. This sort of gives the doodle a "lamb skin" effect. The coat is not as silky at this age as when younger, but it is still soft to the touch. Doodles go through so many phases that if you have severe allergies, you'd better wait until the doodle is one year old to purchase. You could be allergic at one phase and not at another. Determining whether or not a doodle's coat will bother an allergy sufferer would be quite difficult as they are going through various shedding phases. Goldendoodles and other Poodle hybrids shed completely different than any other type of dog. They shed strand by strand much like a human.

Goldendoodles can have short ears, mid-length or long ears. As in any dog, longer ears are more prone to ear infections because the heavier the ear, the easier it is to trap moisture. Shorter ears allow an even flow of air and they do not experience issues with moisture collecting.

As your doodle nears closer to its first birthday, the coat continues to bloom and the face is slowly making a really remarkable transformation. That muzzle that appeared short at birth and then long as a toddler, will now appear to have its own characteristics of beauty and intelligence!

Goldendoodles come in all colors and sizes. Even litters with a Toy or Mini Poodle as one of the parents can produce large and small dogs within the same litter. Poodles can carry a huge array of colors and markings deep within their ancestry. Genes can pull from any ancestor at any given time and within any given litter. There have been black Goldendoodle puppies turn silver and silver phantom. Chocolate Goldendoodle puppies can stay chocolate or turn into a chocolate phantom. Even colors such as tri-color and the color apricot with black tips can occur from Poodles who have parti-colored ancestors and a huge variance of colors deep in their lineage. A single litter can produce pups with different coat colors. Typically Goldendoodles will lighten as they age. Golden Retrievers are the reverse. They darken, unless they are born white. Then they just stay white.

Regardless of what generation a Goldendoodle is, all usually work out well for those with allergies but those having SEVERE allergies will want to consult their allergist because regardless of what generation a doodle is, they all will go through the same coat changes and they all will lose their baby coat and all will shed to a slight degree while going through those coat changes. The coat will change up to 15 coat changes from the time they are born until the day they turn 1 year of age regardless of generation type. There has also not been any actual proof to support the healthier dog theory, but of course it makes sense that a first generation would be healthier than that of any backbred, inbred dog. The first generation Goldendoodle who has picked up an equal portion of Poodle and an equal portion of Golden Retriever will usually have Golden Retriever temperament tendencies in their behavior.

In 2005, we used a Toy Poodle to a Golden Retriever (natural breeding, not artificial insemination) and what we found is this:

The largest puppy in that litter would have been a 45 pound canine had he not been stillborn. We know this because he was of normal size at birth that we had always seen in our doodles who were going to be approximately that size as an adult.

The second largest puppy in that litter weighed 18 pounds and 1 ounce at age 9 months. Was 15" in height at the withers. The third puppy in that litter, at age 1 year, weighed only 15 pounds and was also 15" or a bit less in height at the withers. The fourth puppy in that litter at age 1 year, that we kept, weighs 13 pounds and is slightly less than 15" in height at the withers. The fifth puppy in this litter, of whom we kept, at age 1 year is less than 15" in height and weighs just 10 pounds. So, technically, all but the first stillborn puppy could be considered to be actual "Miniature" sized dogs.

All have very quirky personalities unlike those who are over 25 pounds in genetic body weight. All were and are skittish to strangers. All were and are very sweet dogs to the owners, not to strangers. None were or are friendly to those they do not know and are very leery to new surroundings, regardless of professional training. Their personalities, within that litter, amongst each other was like night and day.

Within any given litter, regardless of the size of the parents, we see great differences between each puppy with regards to size. Sometimes even coat. But we have been very lucky to have consistency in both personality and coat type amongst the pups who will be 25 pounds or bigger, but those who are under 25 pounds show the biggest disparity in personality, coat type is generally consistent with us too.

Breeders can not produce supporting evidence to back up claims that generations other than the first generations are better for those with severe allergies. No one that I know of or heard of has produced DNA hair strand supporting evidence from a genetic laboratory to support such a claim. We consider all doodles, even those with twice the Poodle, to be a first generation litter so long as the Poodle parent to the litter is NOT related to the Goldendoodle parent.

Keeping in mind all allergies differ from person to person; here is my personal experience. I consider myself to be the classic example to what some people with severe allergies can expect in a first generation doodle. Myself having chronic asthma as well as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder) in which my lungs can be severely affected given my environment with smoke, dog hair, dust, air that is not quite cool. sudden weather changes, etc. I do not have any issue whatsoever with my first generation Goldendoodles, I can wash up to seven doodles one at a time before my lungs begin to fill with fluid, whereas if I wash a purebred dog that is even a Poodle, I can immediately begin having an issue with my lungs filling with fluid due to the reaction of the coat smell or slight hairs coming off from blow drying. Upon the seventh doodle puppy, no hair is seen coming from the coat, but just the mere fact of blow drying and my face being close to that many wet pups at one time, my lungs will begin to have a reaction on the 7th pup. So, my experience is; a person even with severe allergies can do quite well with one or up to 7 Goldendoodle pups at one time before having an allergy issue. For me this has been consistent with all our litters. To me, it is safe to say that the majority of allergy sufferers could do quite well even with a first generation doodle.

From our experiences we have found, coat type on a Goldendoodle puppy that has one parent a Poodle and one parent an unrelated Goldendoodle is consistent with what we see with our Goldendoodle puppies who have one parent the Golden Retriever and one parent the Poodle. We have seen that when the Poodles are NOT related for example a Goldendoodle bred back to a purebred Poodle; *the poodle in the Goldendoodle and the purebred Poodle* produce Goldendoodle puppies with twice the Poodle genetic makeup, but will NOT sport a curly coat. We believe that only doodles who have Poodle parents who ARE related *considered to be backbred or inbred* will sport a curly coat because of the fact both Poodles in the doodle are relatives, or very closely related. When the gene pool is wide by having unrelated Poodles, we still see consistency in the appearance of our doodle coats.

I don't know that I've ever seen a Goldendoodle come out looking wiry, but what I do know is that when a doodle is approx. 4-6 months of age, some can appear to look very awkward, like a teenager going through their "puberty" stage. The doodle's coat goes in all directions appearing like he or she stuck their paw in a light socket!! Some doodles who are shaggier by that age may not have this appearance, but we've seen Goldendoodle puppies go through approx. 12-15 different coat changes from the time they are born until the day they turn 1 year of age and some go through different stages than others with no explanation. That's just the "hybrid" for you.

Note: This information is from Goldendoodle World's personal experience and from their years of hybrid research. It is based on the theory, a hybrid dog is better off not backbred, inbred or line-bred. Read Designer Dogs for more info.

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