Golden Doodle questions

Gramps has one. Hella hyper… good with his pit bull and beagles. Smart and yes grows big, lots of grooming visits.

Had one. He was a big stupid fricker. Died from his stomach twisting. Pretty common with Poodles. I won't own another one.

My wife has one so I guess I have one, we got it from my parents who decided they couldn’t handle a big arse dog at their age.
So supposedly they are smart,, I have successfully trained 3 labs on my own starting from the time I was 14 yrs old using the book water dog and gun dog. They were trained to retrieve ducks using hand signals whistle signals, blood trail deer, even taught one to belly crawl along side me creeping geese. I’m not an expert dog trainer but feel somewhat proficient at it and have trained other labs as well for friends and family.
I say all that to say this ,,, GD are hard to train. They love affection but are timid and shut down. They eat socks as in 25 or 30
Found in the yard swallowed whole and talking to several other people it’s a breed trend. They are high maintenance as far as keeping them clean and I’m dreading the day ours runs into the pond and fills up that cost with duck weed.
They are very affectionate though and if your not working them I guess they are a good “mutt”!! I tell my wife all the time that for 150yrs akc has tried to improve breeds and the last 5yrs some Karen’s decided to F it up with these “mutts” .

Couple of neighbors have them. My mutts hang out in the yard and watch them go spastic when they escape and look at me as if to say "you see that shite?"

i read somewhere that doodles are good dogs for people who aren't home a lot... is this true in y'alls experience?

We have one. He’s a good dog. Goofy bastard, but a good dog. He’s big too, takes up half a couch when he’s stretched out.

Behavior wise, ours is great. Wife takes him walking through the neighborhood and he never raises hell. He’s gentle with children. Wouldn’t be scared to leave our 8 month old in the floor with him. I don’t do that because we keep the dogs separate for the most part.

The no shedding is awesome, but comes with a negative for me. I have a GSP also that has paths breast through the yard and around the fence, so I have bare earth in my yard, and the doodle naturally follows the GSP. So the doodles coat is a magnet for dust.

We’ll get another when our current dogs die, but not going to get one that will grow to this size.

I was a lab guy for a very long time. Awesome dogs, but shed a ton. Got a male F1B Goldendoodle 7 years ago. Smartest, most affectionate dog I've ever owned. Easily trained, great with people of all ages. EXTREMELY loyal! Never ceases to amaze me at how agile he is. Would've made a great agility dog, or even a dock dog. Rented a house, just off the beach a few years ago. Took him with us. Decided not to take him to the beach one day, and just leave him in the house. Crazy dog opened TWO doors, and tracked us down from over a mile away. Looked up from beach chair, getting licked on the face! He went to the beach with us the rest of the trip. Didn't have a problem if we left by car.

I got chickens a couple of years ago. His prey instinct is strong, and he wanted to get them initially. With a small amount of scolding, he now just follows them some, and goes around to check on them. I have no problem with leaving him alone with them in the yard now.

Got a female 4 years ago. Just as smart and affectionate, but more low key. She has never had an accident in the house. Easiest dog I've ever had to train. She is almost perfect, as a dog. The only downside with both are, I cannot have a doggy door. I have a pool, and both love to swim. They will be in the house, right after getting out of the pool.

I will always have a dog. My next two I get will be Goldendoodles. All the great attributes of two very popular breeds without the shedding and dander.

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petite golden doodle

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Kinda want

Congrats on over paying for a mutt ... get a golden or a poodle from a reputable breeder. Much better health guarantees and records on the breeding than the crosses. Lots of the doodles come from questionable breeders

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Wouldn't take advice from this guy^

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It's a shitty post all around.