Groodle sizes.
Standard
Height ranges up to 65cm and weight up to 32kg.
Medium
Height ranges up to 52cm and weight up to 23kg.
Miniature
Height ranges up to 45cm and weight up to 15kg.
Hawkesbury Groodles breed miniature and medium sized groodles.
Please be aware that the estimated size of a puppy by a breeder is an educated guess. Therefore, a puppy’s final size may vary somewhat from a breeder’s initial calculation
Help me understand the generations!
We get lots of questions about generations of groodles. When people talk about F1 and so forth, they are discussing the generation of dog. For example, an F1 Groodle, is the first generation of the cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle.
What are Filial Labels?
The term ‘filial’ refers to a generation after the parent generation. The first filial generation of a cross breeding, is called an F1, for first filial generation. Breeding an F1 to another F1 results in an F2 or second generation. Alternatively, back crossing an F1 with one of the breeds in which it originated is referred to as an F1b, or ‘backcross’. The filial generations and back crosses can continue as such down the line for many generations.
F1 Groodles are a Poodle crossed with a Golden Retriever. This first generation is very predictable, and has the genetic advantage of hybrid vigor, in which offspring tend to have improved fitness since they are heterozygous at each genetic loci.
An F1b is a Groodle backcrossed to either a Golden Retriever or a Poodle.
An F2 is the cross of two Groodles. Crosses occurring after these generations are traditionally referred to as ‘Multigenerational Groodles’.
While the earlier generations, such as F1, F1b, and F2, have meaning regarding the common physical traits you’ll see in Groodles (i.e., coat texture, furnishings, etc.), the later generations have very little context. In fact, many breeders after the first few generations, label their dogs as ‘Multigenerational’. It is more accurate to describe these offspring by the physical traits they will exhibit. Doing so, informs consumers of the expectation for the puppies. We recommend asking about the specific qualities the puppies will exhibit (coat texture, shedding, etc.) to best understand what they can anticipate from the litter.
We will always do our best to describe the qualities people can expect from our litters based on the DNA profile (“puppies will have fleece coats with wavy texture in chocolate, red or cream expected”).
