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Originally Posted by braisler
Poodles have hair while other types of dogs have fur. This allows lots of people to have an allergy to dog fur or dander to live comfortably with a toy, miniature, or standard poodle. I'm not sure about labradoodles, whether they share this character or not. The geneticist in me, says no. Also labradoodles tend to be larger dogs than the one that you describe.
And as other posters mentioned, all clean dogs smell clean. If you take the time to bathe your dog regularly and keep him inside rather that lying around in the dirt outside, he isn't going to have that 'doggy' smell.
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This is basically correct when it comes to poodles. In fact, labradoodles were bred to be hypoallergenic service dogs for those with allergies. It might take a second-generation breeding to completely eliminate shedding and pet dander.
A labradoodle is the size you would expect of a standard poodle/lab mix. A smaller version is a cocapoo (spelling?). Unfortunately, cocker spaniels are not very intelligent while poodles are the second most intelligent dos, right behind a bordie collie, so that might help the intelligence level.
I have two toy poodles and they are awesome dogs. I like smaller dogs myself these days. However, I am always facinated by standard poodles. The benefits are greatly reduced odor, NO shedding and a very intelligent animal - almost Spock-like if you spend time with them. You do need to have them groomed avery 4-6 weeks because their hair grows like human hair.
Believe it or not, you can find toy, mini and standard poodles through poodle rescue groups.