This lovely new mixed breed that is a cross between Havanese and poodle is called Havapoo! The Havapoo is a dog that belongs to a whole new range of "hybrid dogs" or "designer dogs". A lot of these new breeds are mostly crossbreeds of popular breeds with the poodle, since the poodle has a very allergy friendly coat.
The origin of the Havapoo
The origins of the Havapoo lie in the USA. There, the movement of the "new" dog breeds started. Hybrid breeds are currently in great demand. But they are not officially recognised.
It is safe to say however, that some of the new dog breeds will develop into completely independent breeds within a few decades. Most of the breeds established today started out that way.
The breed characteristics of the Havapoo
For the Havapoo there have not been any specific standards established yet. If a specific breeding line is still at its beginning, it might result in very different types being born in only one litter. When the Havapoo is fully grown, it can either resemble the Havanese more or the poodle.
Common to all Havapoos is the lovable appearance with a dense wavy or curly coat. Due to the special coat structure, the poodle hardly sheds and is very well tolerated by allergy sufferers.
However, the poodles appearance is not everyone's cup of tea. So they started to cross the poodle with other popular breeds like the Golden Retriever (Golden Doodle) or like in this case the Havanese.
- Crossbreeding of Poodle and Havanese
- belongs to the "hybrid breeds" or "designer dogs"
- small dog breed
- suitable for allergy sufferers