Labradoodle Labradoodle A Labradoodle () is a crossbreed dog created by crossing the Labrador retriever and the standard, Moyen, or Miniature poodle. The term first appeared in 1955, but was not popularized until 1988, when the mix began to be used as an allergy friendly guide dog. Not all Labradoodles are hypoallergenic, but it is a quality that many look for and appreciated in this type of crossbreed. The labradoodle became known in 1988, when Australian breeder Wally Conron crossed the Labrador Retriever and Standard Poodle at the Royal Guide Dogs Associations of Australia in Victoria. Conron's intent was to combine
Low Cocklaw Low Cocklaw Low Cocklaw is a small hamlet about west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. Until the early 1980s it was a working farm but is now entirely residential. It is surrounded by rolling farmland which is dominated by cereal growing. Allen Mawer rather tentatively identified the early place-name Creklawe~Crokelawe attested in 1296 with Cocklaw. If so, the initial "cr"- points to a Cumbric origin: Cumbric "crug" 'hill', to which was later added Old English "hlǣw" 'hill'. But if this identification is incorrect, "Cocklaw" on its own would more obviously be an entirely Old English word, combining "cocc" 'cock' and "hlǣw" 'hill'.