Puggle

The Puggle or Pugle is a cross between a purebred Pug and a purebred Beagle dog breed. Puggles are the most popular designer dog breed and we have included some pictures of Puggles below. Since both founding breeds are medium to heavy shedders, the resulting Puggles will not be low shed breeds. The breeders will say that the Puggle will take the best characteristics of both breeds and you will have a dog without the breathing problems of a Pug and one that has a much calmer temperament than the Beagle. If you look up the temperament of a Beagle you will find: “Beagles are calm, loyal and excellent with children and other dogs. The breed is cheerful and happy and they make good family pets except for the nose. Once a Beagle picks up a scent it will follow it to the exclusion of everything else. Beagles are like their cousin, The Basset Hound, and are fairly difficult to obedience train because of their independent or stubborn streak.” When you research the Pug you will find: “The Pug is an even tempered, easygoing, pleasant and friendly companion. This sturdy dog breed gets along well with children …. The Pug doesn’t need much training but enjoys the process and is fairly easy to train”

Puggle puppies are adorable as you can see from the 3 pictures of puggle puppies below. The fully grown Puggle should stand between 10 and 16 inches tall at shoulder height and weigh between 15 and 30 pounds, live for 12+years, with short hair that will shed, and be either somewhat stubborn or easily trainable. Since both founding breeds are good with children, the resulting Puggles should be good with children, strangers and make great family pets. Both founding dog breeds have a number of different health problems. While cross-bred dogs are sharing a larger gene pool, there is no assurance that only the healthy genes will dominate. It takes many generations to create hybrids that will breed true. Before you buy a Puggle puppy make sure that the breeder has screened the parents for eye problems and orthopedic diseases.

Puggle Puppy Pictures

Here you can find more information on Choosing a Puggle or if you want detailed information on Choosing a Designer Dog check out our in-depth report in "Choosing and Training your Dog".

Labradoodle

The Labradoodle is a cross between a purebred Labrador Retriever and a purebred Poodle dog breed. This combination should have the intelligence and non shedding coat of a poodle and the wonderful family dog and retriever capabilities of the Lab. If you look up the temperament of a Poodle you will find: “The Poodle is one of the smartest and most trainable of all dog breeds. The standard Poodle is lively, good natured, friendly, proud, athletic, affectionate and extremely loyal. This is a thinking dog that can be trained very easily and almost anticipates any command. Poodles are very loyal and become very attached to their owner and family. Poodles that are socialized early do very well with children, other pets and strangers.” When you research the Labrador Retriever you will find: “Labrador Retrievers are one of the best family dogs in the world. The Lab is gentle, loyal, intelligent and extremely reliable with children. These Retrievers are not apartment dogs but can adapt well to city living if they are given sufficient exercise. These dogs love to swim and should be given lots of opportunities to retrieve sticks from the water in all kinds of weather. The Labrador is good natured and eager to learn and can be easily trained to do everything from competitive obedience and field trials to becoming a “seeing-eye” dog for the blind.”

The resulting Labradoodle is slightly heavier than a Standard Poodle with a medium length coat that could range between curly and non-shedding to straight and shedding. The resulting temperament can be any combination of the two founding dog breeds but should be an intelligent and good family dog that should live for 10 to 12 years. Both of the founding breeds had a large number of health problems – some common and most different. Therefore before buying a Labradoodle puppy, ask the breeder for the results of the parents screening for orthopedic and eye disease problems.

There are really two types of Labradoodles. The first is the unofficial mixed Poodle/Labrador designer breed described above and the second is the Australian Labradoodle which has resulted from an exhaustive Australian breeding program intended to develop a pure-bred dog breed that will be recognized by the national kennel clubs around the world. The Australian program actually involves 6 different parent breeds: Poodle (standard, miniature, toy); Labrador Retriever; Irish Water Spaniel; Curly Coat Retriever; American Cocker Spaniel; and English Cocker Spaniel. There is a National Breed Club called the Labradoodle Association of Australia (LAA) who have a web site http://www.laa.org.au/index.htm where you can obtain more information. The LAA licenses breeders in the US and Canada to sell the "official" breed. The following pictures of Australian Labradoodles are courtesy of Sunset Hills ( http://www.sunsethills.biz ).

Australian Labradoodle www.sunsethills.biz
Photos courtesy of Sunset Hills

Designer Dogs

These designer dogs or hybrid dogs are tremendously popular – especially the Puggle and Labradoodle. Many celebrities are buying these hybrid breeds because they are expensive, trendy and very cute. Other popular mixes are the: Schnoodle (a Miniature Schnauzer and Poodle mix); Golden Doodle (a Golden Retriever and Poodle mix); Shorkie (a Shih Tzu and a Yorkshire Terrier mix) and Chorkie (a Chihuahua and Yorkshire Terrier mix). There is not room to list them all but the American Canine Hybrid Club has registered well over a 100 different hybrid breeds. The concern is that it takes many generations for a hybrid to breed “true” in terms of temperament, appearance and health issues. It is going to be difficult to establish standards that give prospective buyers the confidence that that adorable puppy is going to have the most desirable and not the least desirable characteristics. Having said that, it must be remembered that most purebred dogs resulted from planned breed crosses. For more information see our article on “The Popular Designer Dogs” or see our in-depth report in "Choosing and Training your Dog".

Designer Dog Accessories

There is a full range of fashionable and designer dog accessories available for your purebred or designer dog. Products include: designer dog collars, designer dog beds, designer dog carriers and of course designer dog clothes. Luxurious accessories include heated dog beds, dog jewelry and fancy dog collars.

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