Fair warning, if you have a "Doodle" this article will probably hurt your feelings. But if you want to learn about your breed, read on. Doodles are cute, fluffy, lovable, hypoallergenic, non-shedding, and everywhere these days. The "Perfect Dog" quoted one national magazine. Seems everyone wants a "Doodle: to be their "perfect dog". Doodles are also aggressive, unruly, plagued with skin and coat conditions, chronic ear infections, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, epilepsy, autoimmune hypothyroidism, Progressive Retinal Atrophy (blindness), Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia (heart abnormalities), Exercise Intolerance and Collapse (EIC), and this is just in the Labrador side of the family.
http://woodhavenlabs.com/clearances.html . The Labrador is only one half of the "Doodle" equation. The other half of the equation is the Poodle. Poodles carry and should be tested for Hips, Elbows, Patellas, Eyes for Entropion, Juvenile Cataracts, Progressive Retinal Atrophy, vWD (Von Willebrands) by DNA, Congenital Cardiac Screening, Addisons (Blood), Thyroid (Blood), Sebaceous Adenitis (Skin Punch), JRD/Juvenile Renal Disease by DNA at Dogenes.COM, ONT, CAN and Neonatal Encephalopathy/Ataxia by DNA at the University of Missouri Vet Lab. (Thyroid, Sebaceous Adenities, Addisons and Eyes are tested/updated, registered annually.)
http://www.marquisdia...les.com/Genetics.html