Australian dog breeder Wally Conron created the labradoodle for a woman whose blind husband needed a guide dog but suffered from allergies. But, he said, it “opened up a Pandora’s box and released a ...
Wally Conron, who bred the world’s first labradoodles back in the 1980s, has called the breed his “worst regret.” In a recent episode of Australia’s ABC News podcast, Conron explained that when he ...
The man who first crossbred a Labrador retriever and a Poodle, creating one of the most popular breeds on Earth -- the Labradoodle -- now says he regrets doing it. "I opened a Pandora's Box and ...
The original breeder of labradoodles says he regrets creating the breed and the craze that followed. Wally Conron, 90, first bred a labradoodle for a blind woman in Hawaii. She needed a guide dog, but ...