Thanks for your response about labradoodle behavior. It helps to know what others are experiencing. I have some good news about Labradoodle Behavior. Since our original plea for help in early January, our male labradoodle is growing up. Not only is he almost 90 pounds now (instead of the 45 to 60 we expected), but the behaviors we were worried about have waned. We have been relentless (my husband has) in his training and he now can heel, stop and come, even when other dogs or kids are in the area. He has stopped pulling on the leash thanks to a teaching lead, and although we still cannot clean his ears without sneaking up on him, his bathing has improved. He is learning not to chew up his bedding. We still can't leave him alone for more than a hour or two and never leave him without anchoring him away from our stuff, but fortunately, our jobs allow us to be at home a lot. His barking is still a problem and he still goes
crazy when people come to the door, but he is learning and often he'll bark then look guilty and go upstairs to hide. Sometimes he wakes us up with a sharp bark in his sleep.
He never did have urination issues, but is very dominant and never gives the other dogs a break and wants to force them to play, play, play. He's 17 months now and seems to be growing up overnight. He's still loveable, funny, loyal and looks like a big white pile of laundry and we have hair all over everything. He's very worth the trouble. They do grow up.
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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:55:50 -0600
From: "Bob Caponi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Doodle Behavior
We have an adorable male labradoodle at 85 lbs ( he is a year old and we
were told he would be 55-60 lbs.). He is loving and adorable, with those
labradoodle lashes and wild hair...looks more like a lab than a poodle and
he does shed...Yes, he has a strong bark and barks often, especially when he
sees big dogs and strange people, he digs outside as well as on the
carpeting...tears up his toys but is good about furniture ands shoes after
professional training...gets very excited when guests arrives and tends to
jump on them wanting to play (despite professional training!..we generally
let groomers take care of bathing but have done it a few times and he's been
relatively ok...and he's stressed out but will stay still when cleaning his
ears. He also has "excitement and submissive" urination issues. Other than
that, he's the perfect dog!! Good Luck!
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From: April [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [labradoodles] Doodle Behavior
Well, we have a great labradoodle. Jack is 14 months old and we
love him dearly. He has some behaviors which are becomming a
problem. We are pretty consistent in our training and live in a
very remote area so do not have access to professional behaviors.
Jack spends a lot of time indoors with us but goes daily for a free
run for about an hour. He's very big; probably 75 pounds and very
strong. Supposedly he wants nothing more than to please us but it
doesn't seem that way.
Can anyone help out with these:
barking
digging
tearing up stuff when left alone, encluding his bedding
way too excited when guests come or when around another dog. Just
wants to inundate the other dog with play and can't seem to hear our
commands.
He won't let us groom him. Bathing is a nightmare, but cleaning his
funky ears is imppossible.
Maybe this is all normal doodle behavior but when I read about
people putting drops in dog's ears I think we might have an
especially active dog. He seems to be nearly frantic a lot.
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