Me and my Mom and Dad are thinking about getting a hypoallergenic/little to no shedding dog. the reason being that we are looking for that kind of dog is that my mom has dog allergies. We have found a Cockapoo breeder only an hour away and we are planning to call her up tomorrow and arrange a meeting so my mom can be around the dogs and see if she is allergic to them. If anyone has an info on Cockpoos (spoodles) or about hypoallergenic/little to no shedding dogs i would really appreciate if you would share it with me here!!
also here is the link of the website of the breeder, i have no idea of the difference of a good breeder and a bad breeder, maybe you could help me out with this as well??
link:
http://brian-loni-ross.gotpetsonline.com/ (looking to purchase 3rd pick of the nov. 11 litter.)
Thanks<3
Well, the first thing you should know is that you are probably looking at buying from a backyard breeder - these dogs are not purebred and you will be perpetuating a puppy mill or an unregistered breeder if you purchase a pup from this person.
Secondly, there are no dogs that are hypoallergenic. That is a myth and it came about because the original breeder of Labradoodles (in Australia) - who started the cross as a hypoallergenic dog for a lady in Hawaii only had one dog out of four years of breeding that she was not allergic to when sent samples. And this was what the original cross came about as.
If you buy a dog that is crossed with a poodle hoping it will be hypoallergenic you will be disappointed because such a dog does not exist. The closest thing to a hypoallergenic dog you will get is a purebred poodle, because they have a different type of fur.
Lastly, these dogs shed, too. ALL dogs shed. Labradoodles shed less than other breeds but they still shed.
I guess what I am saying is DO NOT buy a dog from this person thinking you will get a non-shedding hypoallergenic dog, because you won't. And don't buy one from them anyway, because they are a backyard breeder.
By the way, I own two Australian Standard Labradoodles - they meet all the criteria of the 2004 breed standard, and they still shed (but minimally, I must admit) and are NOT hypoallergenic. It's a work-in-progress in the Labradoodle, and an absolute myth in all other poodle crosses. Having said that, they are the loves of my life, and going on temperament I would recommend a Labradoodle to anyone and everyone, a wonderful breed. But I don't think you can get Australian Standard Labradoodles in the States, and the crosses over there are exactly that - crosses.
I would do some more research and perhaps get a different dog entirely - your Mum will always be allergic I'm afraid, but you can desensitise and there are plenty of dogs out there in shelters who need homes. You could almost definitely get a spoodle/schnoodle/cavoodle etc there - they are bred sooooo indiscriminately by so many backayrd breeders that they are, sadly, everywhere.