How to cut labradoodle hair

Grooming Your Adult Labradoodle

Many owners have their labradoodles clipped two to four times a year depending on personal preference, lifestyle and curliness of the fleece. I like to take my Labradoodles to my groomer every 4-6 weeks for a brush and/or bath. They get a full groom with a 1.5-2 inch clip twice a year.

Short Hair

In a short cut, you keep your Labradoodles coat short, generally around one inch long all over the body to them clean and tangle-free. For an ideal short haircut, clip your labradoodle’s body (except the head, tail, and feet) about an inch or shorter and trim the rest by hand.

Generally, Labradoodle owners wait between 4 and 6 months to groom their Labradoodle puppy coat. This is because puppy coats don’t get as many mattes and tangles as the adult coat. In addition, this allows your Labradoodle to get all the necessary vaccinations needed to go to a groomer.

Labradoodle Temperament

Labradoodles have a slightly higher energy level with a more reserved personality than Goldendoodles. They also tend to be slightly stronger and more active than Goldendoodles. For hunting/farm work or public service, this combination of traits makes the Labradoodle an overall better pick.

Bathing helps you check in on your Labradoodle, maintain their coat from tangling, and keeps them healthy and clean. Labradoodles should be bathed every 2 to 3 weeks but can go up to 4 or 5 weeks depending on the time of year and their other grooming habits.

Labradoodle hair grows very fast! In as little as 2 to 3 weeks, you dog’s hair will be fully grown out. In approximately 6 to 12 weeks you will have to give your Labradoodle another haircut.

Hairs still fall out; just at much the same rate as your own do. Your dog’s hair could get uncomfortablly long, for the dog; depends on where you live and how much effort you want to spend brushing long dog hair.

No, Labradoodles coats do not change from curly to straight or vice versa. There is a puppy coat change, but the coat type will be primarily the same. Do not expect the Labradoodle puppy coat type to change.

Life span: 12+ years. Both Labradors and Poodles are long-living breeds, so a 15-year-old Labradoodle is not unusual.

Labradoodles may develop health conditions common to both Labrador Retrievers and Poodles, especially if you aren’t cautious about whom you buy from. They include hip and elbow dysplasia, an eye disease called progressive retinal atrophy, and von Willebrand’s disease, a bleeding disorder.

You can feed almost all types of whole meat to a Labradoodle. They enjoy eating chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, or any kind of meat, both raw and cooked. If your dog has any health issues, it is best to give them cooked meat, but if you want your dogs to receive maximum nutrition, you can feed the raw meat.

Labradoodles are a breed that loves to be with their pack and when you are not around they are wondering where their pack is. The last common reason for Labradoodle chewing is teething. Teething dogs are similar to teething humans in the fact that the chewing helps to ease the pain.