They were also great as people with allergies could have a dog without having allergy flare-ups.

The Standard Poodle was known to be a non-shedding dog even though their owners needed to groom them regularly to avoid matted, tangled fur. They bred the Standard Poodle to the beautiful dog breed we know and love today. The breed gained attention when French royalty saw their intelligence and kept them as companion pets and hunting dogs. They were bred as water retrievers when their owners went hunting. The Standard Poodle has its origins in Germany and France. To understand the Sheepadoodle more, you need to know more about the ancestry and history of the parent breeds. The parent dogs that the Sheepadoodles are bred from are a Standard Poodle and an Old English Sheepdog. So there are fewer cross-breeds that have Old English Sheepdogs as one parent The Parent Breeds as the number of Old English Sheepdogs is declining, and the breeding clubs are trying to save the breed. It is rare to find Sheepadoodles in the U.K. The curly coat of the Poodle is low to non-shedding, making it a good dog for those who don’t want to aggravate their allergies. They intended to breed a dog that worked well with troops that suffered from allergies.

The military bred Old English Sheepdogs with Standard Poodles. Still, the first time people purposefully bred Sheepadoodles was in the 1960s by the U.S. There is a possibility that some Sheepadoodles existed naturally through accidental breeding, as the records on that are murky. Since then, they have often been used as emotional support and therapy dogs. Their sensitivity and adaptability to human emotions mean they can sense an emotional change in their owners. The Sheepadoodle has become more popular since the 1980s as breeders saw the potential of a big fluffy dog with a low shedding coat.īreeders also realized that Sheepadoodles are very in tune with the emotions of humans. Sheepadoodles are designer dogs that are fun to be around and love to be goofy.

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