Labradoodle Creator Says It’s His ‘Life’s Regret’

Labradoodle Creator
Says It’s His ‘Life’s Regret’.
During a recent podcast interview,
labradoodle creator Wally Conron voiced
his surprising disdain for the crossbreed.
I realized what I had done within a matter
of days … I opened a Pandora's box and
released a Frankenstein's monster, Wally Conron, via ‘Sum Of All Parts’.
Conron initially created the labradoodle
in the 1980s to act as a hypoallergenic
guide dog for a blind woman in Hawaii. .
I had a purpose for breeding it…I bred it
for a blind lady who wanted a guide dog
but couldn’t have one because her
husband was allergic to dogs, Wally Conron, via ‘Sum Of All Parts’.
From there, the labradoodle gained widespread
popularity, igniting a poodle-breeding trend.
This development disappointed Conron,
as he believed people were just “breeding
for the money,” whereas he had spent three
years working on the safest crossbreed.
People are just breeding for the money ...
unscrupulous breeders are crossing poodles
with inappropriate dogs simply so they can
say they were the first to do it … I find that
the biggest majority [of labradoodles] are
either crazy or have a hereditary problem, Wally Conron, via ‘Sum Of All Parts’.
According to veterinarian John Whitwell
however, labradoodles are “healthy”
dogs with no major health problems. .
I don't think they're particularly crazy,
they do seem to make good family pets,
I don't think I've ever met one that was
vicious or injured a family member, John Whitwell, via BBC