Apache Park Groodles
Groodle Definitions & Genetics
Open Face
An Open Face dog is a dog without furnishings or long facial hair ( eg Golden Retriever ). In the Groodle this is called an improper or incorrect coat since the long facial hair gives the iconic Groodle look.
Improper Coat
A dog that does not not have facial furnishings including a beard, eyebrows and moustache. Although an open face is a condition of the breed standard for a Golden Retriever, it is considered an improper coat in the Groodle since it is linked with higher shedding and these dogs don't have the Groodle look because they don't have the teddy bear face.
Furnishings
The longer hair including the beard, eyebrows, moustache are called Furnishings. This is desirable on Groodles to give the teddy bear look.
At Apache Park we only breed dogs that will have furnishings.
Generations & Furnishings
Most Poodles are F/F and all Golden Retrievers are IC/IC
All F1 Groodles will have one copy of the Furnishing gene and one copy of the Improper Coat gene. In other words, all F1 pups will have the genotype F/IC so all F1 pups will have the teddy bear look. These pups may shed moderately and have a course wire coat known as a hair coat.
F1b's have a 50% chance of having one copy (F/IC) and 50% chance of having 2 copies (F/F) like their Poodle parent.
Scientists now believe that there is a link between having two copies of the Furnishing gene and shedding. There are however other genes involved in the trait.
F2 and Multigens - BEWARE SOME F2 GENERATIONS !!!!!
Breeding two parents with visible furnishings does not mean that their offspring will have them. An F1 x F1 breeding will result in 25% of the litter having NO copies of the Furnishings gene and therefore have an Open Face. These Groodles will likely shed like the Golden Retriever.
This is why we never breed this combination at Apache Park.
We do however breed other F2's including F1b x F1b since this eliminated the issue ( as long as both parents have been tested for the gene).
At Apache Park we are now breeding for coat type in our mutitgen pups to achieve the gorgeous fleece coat and pups that are double furnished for minimal shedding.
A word on shedding - No Groodle is 100% non shedding
We test all of our dogs for their coat traits to ensure that all Apache Park Groodles have the gorgeous Groodle look that makes them so adorable.