Anything mixed with a poodle is supposed to minimally shed. That being said, our friends bought a laber-doodle from low-end breeder and the thing sheds worse than our chocolate lab. So I think that if you are planning on getting a dog that historically does not shed, make sure that you pay for a reputable breeder. Costs more, but if you are as opposed to shedding that much, paying now beats 10-14 years of a dog you don’t like.
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Actually, it’s a common misconception that anything mixed with a poodle sheds minimally. If one of the parents of a mixed breed is a breed that sheds, the mixed breed has a chance of aquiring the shedding gene from that parent even though the other parent is purebred poodle. For example, a labradoodle (poodle-labrador retriever mix), has a chance of aquiring the shedding gene from the labrador retriever just like it has a chance of aquiring the non-shedding gene from the poodle.
You can increase your chances of getting a mixed breed that has the trait you’re looking for if you get a cross-generation breed. For example, a labradoodle bred back to a purebred poodle will have less of a chance of shedding because genetically it is more poodle than labrador retriever (75% poodle/25% labrador retriever).
If allergies are your primary concern, in order to make sure you get a mixed breed that doesn’t shed, get a mix whose parents are both purebreds that don’t have the shedding gene. A good example would be a malti-poo which is a poodle-maltese mix.
You can read about this on the site I posted previously:
