Labradoodle Generations Explained...

  • F1 Labradoodle: 50% Labrador Retriever and 50% Poodle  
  • Coat Type: Varies (Straight, Wavy, or Curly)
  • Hypoallergenic: Varies
  • Non-shedding: Varies
  • Hybrid Vigor: Yes, it has the most noteworthy Hybrid Vigor characteristics.
  • F1B Labradoodle: 25% Labrador Retriever and 75% Poodle  (An F1 Labradoodle bred back to a Poodle)
  • MOST likely of any to be non shedding and Allergy friendly than ANY doodles and should be the easiest coat to take care of.
  • Coat Type: Wavy or Curly
  • Hypoallergenic: Mostly hypoallergenic.
  • Non-shedding: Mostly non-shedding.
  • Hybrid Vigor: Yes, yet less so than F1 Labradoodles in light of the fact that they are the second generation doodle.
  • F1BB Labradoodle: 12.5% Labrador Retriever and 87.5% Poodle  (An F1B labradoodle bred back to a poodle)
  • Coat Type: Curly
  • Hypoallergenic: The most hypoallergenic first Generation Labradoodle with 87.5% Poodle genes.
  • Non-shedding: The most likely to be non-shedding out of all the first generation Labradoodle.
  • Hybrid Vigor: Yes, yet less so than F1 and F1B Labradoodles in light of the fact that they are the “third” offspring of Labradoodle.
  • F2 Labradoodle: 50% Labrador Retriever and 50% Poodle  (An F-1 Labradoodle bred to an F-1 Labradoodle)
  • Coat Type: Highly variable. Straight, wavy, or curly.
  • Hypoallergenic: Unpredictable.
  • Non-shedding: Unpredictable.
  • Hybrid Vigor: Yes, however less so than the F1 Labradoodle..
  • F2B Labradoodle: 37.5% Labrador Retriever and 62.5% Poodle  (F1 Labradoodle bred back to a F1B Labradoodle)
  • Coat Type: Wavy or Curly.
  • Hypoallergenic: Most likely, but there are certainly outliers.
  • Non-shedding: Most likely, but there are certainly outliers.
  • Crossover Vigor: Yes, yet less so than the F1 Labradoodle.
  • F2BB Labradoodle: 18.75% Labrador Retriever and 81.25% Poodle (An F-2 B Labradoodle bred back to a poodle)
  • Coat Type: Curly.
  • Hypoallergenic: Most hypoallergenic dog out of the 2nd generation Labradoodles.
  • Non-shedding: Most nonshedding dog out of the 2nd generation Labradoodles.
  • Crossover Vigor: Yes, yet less so than the F1 Labradoodle.
  • F3 Labradoodle:  F1B Labradoodle and another F1B Labradoodle. 
  • Coat Type: Generally Curly.
  • Hypoallergenic: Yes.
  • Non-shedding: Yes.
  • Hybrid Vigor: Not usually since this is many generations later.
  •  The term “Multi-Gen Labradoodles” simply means any Labradoodle past the second generation.  Multi-Gen Labradoodles are usually at least 60%+ Poodle genetics.