Will all breeds eventually form a poodle puddle?

[ClaireBlunderwood]

Following on from another debate about why get a Labradoodle as opposed to a pure breed...

Does anyone else worry that all dog breeds are heading for oblivion and we'll be left with a cute but homogenized poodly uber dog? I've just got a (pure breed) puppy but at least half of the recent puppy acquirers I know have got a hybrid, usually with poodle elements.

Does it matter? I don't know. I worry that I sound like someone who's not in favour of interracial marriage for fear of redheads dying out or something, but I do think it would be a shame to lose all the unique and varied breeds. Dogs are so amazingly different from one another.

I have 2 Doodles, both from rescue. I would never ever buy from a breeder again as there are just so many dogs in rescue centres waiting to find the right home. Oldest dog is nearly 8, we had her at age 2 and is an F1 labradoodle, handed in when the owners no longer had the time to put her through breeding yet another litter to sell on for vast profits. She was underweight and incredibly shy but has the sweetest, most understanding nature I've ever known in a dog.
Doodle 2 is - we aren't quite sure! Mum was handed into rescue centre 2 weeks off having her 4th litter (she was only just5). Reason she was handed in? Having been mated with another labradoodle, a spaniel then decided to join in the fun a week later so the owners couldn't make their money when they had no idea what dogs had been created. This lovely labradoodle had 13 pups, all survived and are the most amazing mix of colours and coats.
I did my research when we knew a doodle was what we anted, I knew they weren't hypoallergenic, I knew the health risks of both labradors and poodles (brought up with poodles for 20 years) and I knew the ..uhm.. characteristics of both breeds!
We all meet up every year at Doodlefest run by the Doodle Trust charity and I am yet to see any problem at all, amazing when its hundreds of dogs freely mixing and playing. As potential dog owners we all have a responsibility to know what we are letting ourselves in for, its a 14 ish year committment