Doodle Coat: If someone in your family has severe allergies, it is important to understand that no dog is 100% hypo-allergenic or non-shedding. Poodles have significantly less of the dander to which people are allergic than most other breeds of dog. (This is why many “designer dogs” and service animals are the result of a poodle-cross.) Further, there are no dogs that do not shed at all, but some shed significantly more than others. Golden retrievers, like most dogs, have fur that grows to a certain length and then falls out. This happens year-round, and more so as the seasons change. In dogs with double coats, like labs and goldens or bernese, this adds up to a lot of fur! Poodles, however, have coats like people hair; it continues to grow and does not fall out, resulting in significantly less shedding. This means that the perfect goldendoodle coat does require haircuts and grooming every 6 weeks depending on the look you are going for. All doodle coats require regular brushing and combing in order to avoid matting, like most curly or wavy dogs.
It is also important to understand that no one can be certain what a doodle’s permanent adult coat will look like until they are 12-18 months of age. Their coats can and will change color and type between puppy and adulthood. They change a lot in the puppy’s first few months of life, and will go through 2-3 more distinct phases before reaching its permanent coat type.
It is also important to understand that no one can be certain what a doodle’s permanent adult coat will look like until they are 12-18 months of age. Their coats can and will change color and type between puppy and adulthood. They change a lot in the puppy’s first few months of life, and will go through 2-3 more distinct phases before reaching its permanent coat type.
