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"I've opened a Pandora's box and produced a Frankenstein's monster." When Australian dog breeder Wally Conron was asked to find a hypoallergenic guide dog, he ended up creating the labradoodle. Hear more on Witness History 🎧

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Joe Smith 🇨🇦3 years ago

I am very fond of my labradoodle

Alex Simon3 years ago

@BBCWorld I don't know...is dog breeding really "work?" Seems to me you can show a dog pretty much anything and he'll try to fuck it...

@mylatemndhusband😢3 years ago

@BBCWorld The breeder of our first Labrador took part in the programme in the UK and ended up with an incredibly stupid dog, somehow the intelligence factor didn’t transfer!

John Urie3 years ago

@BBCWorld He also created the mother of all mixed metaphors

Scottish democrat3 years ago

They are mongrels. Call them what they are . Beautiful dogs all the same .

𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚3 years ago

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