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Article: Shaggy dog story: Krista Waitz's Lab-poodle hybrids are one in a spate of 'designer' breeds sweeping the canine kingdom. But can these tousled cuties ever win the respect.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- February 19, 2006
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Byline: Kate Santich
Feb. 19--First, there's the funny name. Labradoodle. It sounds like something invented for a children's cartoon.
Then there's the look -- shaggy, curly, with a teddy-bear face and sort of loopy demeanor, like it doesn't take life all that seriously.
If it were human, it would wear Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops.
Can't you just picture this creature at the snooty Westminster Kennel Club's very, very prestigious, very discriminating, 130-year-old dog show in Madison Square Garden? Can't you see the judge bending down to inspect its teeth only to get a big, slobbery kiss? Can't you imagine it wandering off backstage ...