Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter!
THE man who bred the first labradoodle – and in the process made the mutt a desirable accessory – says it’s the great regret of his life.
The coveted accessory has pushed out other breeds in terms of desirability.
Wally Conran, 81, coined the term labradoodle in 1988, when he was the manager of the puppy program at the Royal Institute of the Blind.
He received a letter from a woman in Hawaii who needed a seeing eye dog, but her husband had allergies. She wanted a dog that would not shed hair.
Mr Conran crossed two popular pedigree dogs: a labrador from breeding stock at the institute and a poodle owned by his boss to create the labradoodle.