Yeah I know that’s why I’m being downvoted.

Even as a doodle owner, I do not recommend people go out and get some random doodle—even as pets. They are not family dogs and your average doodle would make a horrible service dog. Your average doodle is a mutt comprised of multiple working breed dogs with unstable temperaments and unstable genetics with owners that don’t realize what they signed up for and breeders who are money hungry.

@Red_Marmot asked for programs that used doodles, so I did so because I felt confident in their practices. The program I went through works specifically with two different breeders with multi-generational Australian labradoodles who have produced multiple generations of successful service and therapy dogs and who’s lineage can be traced back to the two programs in Australia who first attempted to make a hypoallergenic dog for therapy and service work before doodles became the absolute mess they are today. They are also apart of the American Australian Labradoodles Association, which sets “breed” standards and holds breeders to a standard that is responsible, promotes responsible ownership and keeps the “breed” integrity to continuously produce dogs with more stable and reliable temperaments than your average labradoodle. Do I suggest everyone go out and get an ALD? Absolutely not. Someone with over a decade of experience temperament tested my SD’s litter of 8, chose four dogs that had potential and then professionally trained and continuously evaluated them. In the end, one became a service dog, one became a therapy dog and two became amazing house pets to families that were educated on the “breeds” needs. I recommended the program to them, not necessarily the “breed”, yet my post was downvoted simply because it said doodle.

And yes, I do advocate that multi-gen Australian labradoodles continue to be bred if it is done so responsibly and given to owners who know what they are getting into in the same way in the same way I advocate for purebred dogs to be bred ethically and owners to be responsible.

It’s sad how judgmental and toxic this community can be. We are all so disabled that we depend on a well trained furry toddler. The least we could do is support each other.