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to call my cockerpoo a poodle?

163 replies

Thebiggerthecoffeethebetter · 14/02/2025 07:43

I rescued him last year. I did health testing via a DNA sample as I have done with my other rescues in the past. It can give you an idea of what you might need to prepare for in the future.

Anyway, it also tells you the breed make up and turns out he is 82% poodle which does not surprise me.

WIBU to say he is a poodle when people ask about him? He looks like a poodle, acts like a poodle and turns out is overwhelmingly poodle...🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm just so acutely aware of all the doodle hate and judgement 😭

(obvs his vet record and insurance has the breed make up)

OP posts:

Grammarnut · 14/02/2025 12:37

DD has a cockerpoo. He is somewhat demented in the way cocker spaniels are. Poodle bit makes him non-moulting which is why he was chosen - grooming costs, however. I have a poochon - which is a poodle x bichon frise, mostly bichon frise and he dances! Say your dog is a poodle cross and if queried say the cross is cocker spaniel - no-one judges these days and many approve of the new crosses, which in fifty years time will be breeds of their own. How does anyone think new breeds of anything arise? Crossing, that's how.

OccasionalHope · 14/02/2025 12:23

I would just say he’s mostly poodle.

Miaowzabella · 14/02/2025 12:04

Catza · 14/02/2025 11:42

You can just do what I do and say "my dog is an arsehole".

I think of all the poodle crosses as wankerdoodles.

TheRealMaudOHara · 14/02/2025 12:03

I have a poodle and everyone assumes she's a cockerpoo anyway unless she's just had her hair cut. Call yours what you like! I usually get quite a positive reaction if I say she's a pure poodle as you don't get as many!

Catza · 14/02/2025 11:42

You can just do what I do and say "my dog is an arsehole".

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 14/02/2025 11:40

HellNoWay · 14/02/2025 08:56

love poomuddle!!

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Actually, it could even be contracted to a 'puddle'!

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 14/02/2025 11:38

Where I come from its a mongrel or a 'heinz 57', years ago you wouldn't pay for a mongrel, now they are more expensive than purebred

If its 80% poodle, tell them she is a poodle cross

WatchingTheClowns · 14/02/2025 11:25

ExpressCheckout · 14/02/2025 09:04

Poodle or Poodle Cross. Mongrel if it's an older person you are speaking with. You choose.

Cavapoo etc. basically means 'mongrel with a £2500 mark-up' 😂

Edited

Age has nothing to do with logic.

WatchingTheClowns · 14/02/2025 11:23

It's impossible to have a bitch of one type (eg. Labrador) and a dog or another breed (e. Poodle) and come up with a new breed for the puppies - eg Labradoodle, Cockerpoo, Yorkiepoo, etc. They are mongrels.* *

TheTigerWhoCameToEatMyArsehole · 14/02/2025 11:19

My poodle cross jack Russell is actually called poodle that is his name 😂

Kneeboobs · 14/02/2025 11:18

I'd need a photo to properly judge if you are BU or NBU.

SemperIdem · 14/02/2025 11:13

You can say whatever you like, it’s not as though the person in question is going to call you a liar.

I have a bichon/poodle cross. A “poochon”, which sounds so ridiculous I can’t bring myself to say it aloud. So I just say bichon/poodle cross if people ask.

sixtyandfabulousofcourse · 14/02/2025 11:09

poodle cross breed or mongrel
we have a jackahuahua but to us he is Paddy Patch the mad mongrel

StormingNorman · 14/02/2025 09:55

It’s more embarrassing to want to fudge what your dog is than to say you have a cockerpoo.

KrisAkabusi · 14/02/2025 09:46

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/02/2025 09:27

I thought a mongrel was a mix of three or more breeds - if it's two, wouldn't that be a cross? I've never had a dog so I quite literally don't have a dog in this fight, but I thought that was the usual terminology.)

I don't quite see how a dog can be exactly 82% poodle if it has the usual number of parents and ancestors, but I think poodle cross would be a good phrase to use in the circumstances.

From ChatGPT:

Here’s a possible path:

First generation (Parent 1: 100% Poodle, Parent 2: 50% Poodle/50% another breed)
Second generation (Resulting offspring of Parent 1 and Parent 2, showing an average poodle genetic makeup of 75% poodle)
Third generation (Crossing one of the 75% poodle offspring with another dog that is 100% poodle, resulting in an 82% poodle offspring).

ExpressCheckout · 14/02/2025 09:37

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/02/2025 09:27

I don't quite see how a dog can be exactly 82% poodle if it has the usual number of parents and ancestors, but I think poodle cross would be a good phrase to use in the circumstances.

'Mongrel' is usually (or used to be) used when you didn't really know the heritage of the dog. 'Cross' usually means that you do know. But many older folks tend to use the terms interchangeably.

'Designer' breeds mostly come under the term 'cross', presuming that the breeder is being honest, but they are still not pure-breeds in any true sense of the word despite being intentionally bred.

tropicalroses · 14/02/2025 09:32

Mongrel, mixed breed, poodle mix?

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/02/2025 09:27

I don't quite see how a dog can be exactly 82% poodle if it has the usual number of parents and ancestors, but I think poodle cross would be a good phrase to use in the circumstances.

Ellie1015 · 14/02/2025 09:14

I am not much of a dog person but of all the friends and family dogs i know the loveliest and best behaved ones are a cavapoo and a Cockerpoo.

Call your dog a poodle if you want, I would rather say cockerpoo and identify any judgy folk more easily so I can avoid.

LandSharksAnonymous · 14/02/2025 09:12

ExpressCheckout · 14/02/2025 09:04

Poodle or Poodle Cross. Mongrel if it's an older person you are speaking with. You choose.

Cavapoo etc. basically means 'mongrel with a £2500 mark-up' 😂

Edited

I take it you saw that other thread as well!! 😁

OP - just call him what he is! People don’t like poodle-crosses 99.9% of the time because of the owners behaviour (not training their dog, preaching its hypoallergenic etc) rather than because of the dog itself

Tessasanderson · 14/02/2025 09:10

Whats wrong with Mongrel?

I have a schnauzer and schnoodle. The schnoodle is always referred to as a mongrel. He is a mix and thats what a mixed dog has been referred to for decades. He is twice the dog of the purebred in physical abilities and intelligence (Our schnauzer makes up for it in 100% love) but he is nothing more than a mixed breed mongrel.

Chuchoter · 14/02/2025 09:04

My Sister's grandson was trying to describe to me a dog he had met which was most likely a Cockapoo and he called it a 'Poodly Doodly'!

I think that sounds much nicer!

ExpressCheckout · 14/02/2025 09:04

Poodle or Poodle Cross. Mongrel if it's an older person you are speaking with. You choose.

Cavapoo etc. basically means 'mongrel with a £2500 mark-up' 😂

MrsPerfect12 · 14/02/2025 09:03

I have a Cockapoo and only ever met one twat that corrected me to mongrel. If your dog is a Cockapoo it's a Cockapoo.

biscuitsandbooks · 14/02/2025 09:00

HellNoWay · 14/02/2025 08:55

I used to have a poodle cross and found the 'poodle' part quite embarrassing so always emphasised the 'cross' part of it or just said 'hes a mix'!

Not sure why you want to call him poodle to be honest! Cockerpoo is a tad better but not much!

If it was me I'd say 'poodle cross' or if he almost doesn't quite look too poodley, I'd just say 'mix'!

What's embarrassing about owning a poodle?

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