I belong in Texas

I was talking to a lady today who is from Pennsylvania. She was complaining profusely about the heat and I was like "what? It's GORGEOUS" and she looked at me with complete disgust and said "it's 87* That is almost NINETY! In APRIL." and I just shrugged.

She was also stressing over her dog (an Australian Labradoodle) jumping up on people. I pointed out that labs AND poodles are notorious for jumping if not trained properly (as are most dogs, but anywho) and she was like "oh NO, he's not a labradoodle, he's an AUSTRALIAN labradoodle, which is a mix of 4 breeds, so he's really only 1/4 poodle, plus he's a FIFTH generation Australian labradoodle, so the personality traits of labs and poodles shouldn't play into it anymore.

Less than 5 minutes of research on the australian labradoodle club page leads me to believe the dog is probably inbred (or as the AKC would call it "line-bred") seeing as there are only 8 "certified" stud dogs within the club (naturally there are probably three or four times as many stud dogs, but these 8 are "Certified" and only about 6 of them look like the same "breed" of dog.
Not to mention there is an "infusion" of Irish water spaniel and cocker spaniel, which means SOME, not an equal percentage. And breeding a straight mix to the exact same breed mix over and over is NOT at all likely to "breed out" traits that BOTH breeds share. Kind of like breeding golden retrievers and an Irish water spaniels together and expecting the mix (even into 5 generations!) to not have a high tendency to like water.
Don't get me wrong, I love mutts, and I would rather see a world full of mutts than one filled with inbred, unhealthy AKC registered purebred dogs. I can also appreciate the desire to combine different breeds in an effort to create healthy PETS, but I do not like when people flaunt these designer breeds as if they are special, or recognized breeds. There is NO breed standard for labradoodles except that they are a cross between labs and mini OR standard poodles (and occasionally water spaniels, cocker/english spaniels, and curly coated labs). Hell, for all we know Oscar could be a labradoodle. There are so many different sizes/shapes/coat colors, textures, etc to create a breed standard.
My point? It's a mutt. a 5th generation mutt. Don't snub my mutt (probably several generations of mutt!) because yours has a fancy name.

Side note: "Walkaway" by the Wood Brothers is lovely.