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Bordoodle breeders

The Bordoodle, also called the Borderdoodle or Borderpoo, is a cross between the Border Collie and the Poodle.

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Advertise your Bordoodle puppies, litters and stud dogs

Do you breed Bordoodles? Caninebreeder.co.uk is an independent UK directory where you can list your kennel, advertise Bordoodle puppies for sale and promote a Bordoodle stud dog, or the Border Collie and Miniature Poodle studs behind your litters. Buyers of this cross ask detailed health questions, so your listing can show gonioscopy, hip, elbow, BAER and DNA results for each parent, along with your council licence number where you hold one. Add planned litters and hear directly from owners ready for an active dog.

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In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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About the Bordoodle

The Bordoodle, also called the Borderdoodle or Borderpoo, is a cross between the Border Collie and the Poodle. It is a crossbreed rather than a recognised breed, so The Royal Kennel Club (RKC) has no breed standard for it. Crossbreeds can join the RKC's Activity Register instead, which opens up agility, obedience, rally, flyball, working trials and the Scruffts crossbreed competition. This guide describes a Border Collie crossed with a Miniature Poodle. The RKC recognises three Poodle sizes, so ask any breeder which one they used.

The Border Collie takes its name from the border regions of England, Scotland and Wales. It was bred there to herd sheep and still works stock today. Its speed and intelligence have also brought it success in obedience, agility and as a detection dog. The RKC standard gives an ideal height of 53 cm for dogs, with bitches a little smaller. The Poodle was developed in Germany as a water retriever for duck hunters, and the Miniature is a scaled-down version standing between 28 and 38 cm at the shoulder.

A Bordoodle is therefore likely to be a small-to-medium dog, but first crosses are unpredictable in both size and coat. The Border Collie has a dense, weather-resistant double coat that sheds, while the Poodle's harsh, curly coat does not moult and the RKC suggests grooming it every day. A puppy may end up with either coat or something in between, so no breeder can honestly promise a non-shedding dog. Plan on brushing several times a week, and professional clipping if the coat turns out curly.

Exercise is the biggest consideration. The RKC suggests more than two hours a day for a Border Collie and up to an hour for a Miniature Poodle, and it stresses that a Border Collie needs mental stimulation as well as physical exercise to be content. Expect a Bordoodle to need daily walks plus training, games or a dog sport. The Border Collie standard describes an alert, intelligent and quick-to-respond dog with no nervousness or aggression, and the Poodle standard a cheerful, good-tempered one. The RKC gives both parent breeds a lifespan of over 12 years.

Bordoodle health tests

There is no health scheme for the Bordoodle itself, so look at the tests the RKC lists for each parent breed. The Border Collie list is long. Its Good Practice minimum is an eye examination with gonioscopy, which looks for signs linked to a painful, blinding form of glaucoma. Best Practice adds hip and elbow scoring, BAER hearing tests (including litter screening) and eight DNA tests. For the Miniature Poodle, the RKC lists DNA tests for osteochondrodysplasia, a severe form of dwarfism, and prcd-PRA, which causes gradual loss of sight, plus eye and hip screening.

The RKC describes MDR1, OC and prcd-PRA as recessive: a puppy is affected only if it inherits the faulty gene from both parents. In a first cross each parent should have at least its own breed's tests, and the RKC suggests considering the tests for both breeds. When two Bordoodles are mated, both carry genes from both breeds, so both should be tested for the combined list. The MDR1 result matters to owners as well, because affected dogs can react badly to certain medicines such as ivermectin and loperamide. The RKC will not register a litter from two merle Border Collies because of the risk to sight and hearing, so avoid merle-to-merle Bordoodle matings too.

  • Border Collie, Good Practice: Eye testing (and gonioscopy for PLA) using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme
  • Border Collie, Best Practice: DNA tests for Collie eye anomaly/choroidal hypoplasia (CEA/CH), ceroid lipofuscinosis (CL), Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS), multi-drug resistance (MDR1), trapped neutrophil syndrome (TNS), sensory neuropathy (SN), severe goniodysgenesis and glaucoma risk (GGD) and Raine's syndrome
  • Border Collie, Best Practice: Hip testing using the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
  • Border Collie, Best Practice: Elbow testing using the BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme
  • Border Collie, Best Practice: Hearing testing using the KC BAER Scheme (including litter screening)
  • Poodle (Miniature), Best Practice: DNA tests for osteochondrodysplasia (OC) and progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA)
  • Poodle (Miniature), Best Practice: Eye testing using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme and hip testing using the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
  • Breed Watch: Border Collie Category 1; Poodle (Miniature) Category 1
  • The Bordoodle has no Breed Watch category because it is not a recognised breed

Choosing a Bordoodle breeder

A good Bordoodle breeder can show you a full set of results for both parents, not just a line in an advert saying they are health tested. For the Border Collie that means an eye certificate with a gonioscopy grade, hip and elbow results, a BAER hearing result and the breed's DNA panel. For the Miniature Poodle it means OC and prcd-PRA DNA results plus eye and hip screening. Registered parents' results can be checked on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. The BVA's Canine Health Schemes recommend breeding from dogs whose hip scores are under, or near, the breed median, and only from dogs with elbow grade 0.

Because of the Border Collie's working drive, a good breeder will ask how much time you have for exercise and training, and will be frank if the cross is unlikely to suit you. They will not promise a non-shedding coat. You should meet the mother with her puppies, and puppies must be microchipped and registered on a database by eight weeks. In England, a council licence is needed to run a dog-breeding business or to breed three or more litters within 12 months and sell puppies.

  • May I see both parents' certificates, including gonioscopy, hips, elbows and BAER?
  • Which Border Collie DNA tests has each parent had, and what were the results?
  • Which Poodle size is the other parent, and what are its OC and prcd-PRA results?
  • Is either parent merle?
  • What coat do you expect this litter to have, and how much grooming will it need?

Bordoodle questions

Is the Bordoodle a Royal Kennel Club recognised breed?

No. The Bordoodle is a Border Collie and Poodle crossbreed, so the RKC has no breed standard or Breed Watch category for it. A Bordoodle can be registered on the RKC Activity Register, which lets it compete in activities such as agility, obedience, rally, flyball and Scruffts.

Do Bordoodles shed?

Nobody can promise either way. The Border Collie has a double coat that sheds, while the Poodle's curly coat does not moult. A Bordoodle puppy may inherit either type or a mix, so be wary of any advert that guarantees a non-shedding coat.

How much exercise does a Bordoodle need?

Plan for a lot. The RKC suggests more than two hours a day for a Border Collie and up to an hour for a Miniature Poodle, and notes that Border Collies need mental as well as physical activity. Daily walks combined with training, games or a dog sport suit most Bordoodles.

Which health tests should a Bordoodle's parents have?

The Border Collie parent should have an eye examination with gonioscopy, hip and elbow scores, a BAER hearing test and the RKC's recommended DNA tests, such as CEA/CH, MDR1 and TNS. The Miniature Poodle parent should have OC and prcd-PRA DNA tests plus eye and hip screening. If both parents are Bordoodles, each should be tested for both lists.

More for Bordoodle owners and breeders

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