[Ads-l] cavoodles et al.

[Laurence Horn]

> On Sep 25, 2019, at 2:03 AM, Dave Hause <dwhause at CABLEMO.NET> wrote:
> 
> Since hybrids are named with the father as the first of the combination, why don't we ever hear of the poodadors, the poodaliers, etc?
> Dave Hause
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Lighter
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:55 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: cavoodles et al.
> 
> Yahoo! News:
> 
> "There are cavoodles (cavalier king charles spaniel/poodle), groodles
> (golden retriever/ poodle) schnoodles (shnauser/poodle), and even roodles
> (rottweiller/poodle)."--
> 
> Seems that the guy who created the labradoodle fears he's "created a
> Frankenstein."
> 
> JL 
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