image: A graphical representation illustrating how some current breeds were created from crossbreeding between pre-existing breeds. Many of today’s purebreds originated from crossbreeding between different pre-existing purebreds. The Silky Terrier, Golden Retriever and Bullmastiff were products of intentional breeding between different pre-existing breeds and therefore, could be considered ‘designer dogs’ that later gained purebred status. The Irish Wolfhound originated similarly but later on, and necessitated crossbreeding with other breeds like Great Danes in order to keep the Irish Wolfhound from disappearing altogether.
Credit: Bryson et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Designer poodle crossbreed dogs including cavapoos, cockerpoos and labradoodles may be neither more nor less healthy than the purebreeds they are bred from, according to their owners, in UK survey of 9,402 dogs
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306350
Article Title: The doodle dilemma: How the physical health of ‘Designer-crossbreed’ Cockapoo, Labradoodle and Cavapoo dogs’ compares to their purebred progenitor breeds
Author Countries: UK
Funding: R.M.A.P. (Kennel Club Charitable Trust - Research Grant) D.G.O. (Kennel Club Charitable Trust - International Canine Health Award) The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS ONE
Article Title
The doodle dilemma: How the physical health of ‘Designer-crossbreed’ Cockapoo, Labradoodle and Cavapoo dogs’ compares to their purebred progenitor breeds
Article Publication Date
28-Aug-2024
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.