---
title: "Labradoodle Creator Says Dog Breed Is Insane, Diseased"
description: "Wally Conron, the first person to breed a labradoodle, regrets his experiment and says he opened Pandora's box by creating the crossbreed dog."
date: "2019-09-26"
modified: "2019-09-26"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/labradoodle-creator-breed-crazy-diseased"
categories:
  - "Biology"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "biology"
  - "dogs"
  - "the digest"
---

# Labradoodle Creator Says Dog Breed Is Insane, Diseased

![Wally Conron, the first person to breed a labradoodle, regrets his experiment and says he opened Pandora's box by creating the crossbreed dog.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/labradoodle-creator-breed-insane-diseased.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: jdbaskin via Flickr/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Farm Upstate

What do you get when you cross a labrador with a poodle? Apparently, if you ask dog breeder Wally Conron, the first person to do so, the answer is "Frankenstein's monster."

Conron [told the *Australian Broadcasting Corporation*](<https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-09-23/labradoodle-guide-dogs-designer-regret/10717186>) that creating the labradoodle may be his greatest regret, citing strange behavior, health concerns and unscrupulous breeders imitating his work [with little regard](<https://futurism.com/breeding-world-creatures-cannot-survive>) for the dogs' welfare.

"I find that the biggest majority are either crazy or have a hereditary problem," he told the *ABC*. "I do see some damn nice labradoodles but they're few and far between."

## Playing God

According to Conron, the first labradoodle was his solution for a couple's request to breed a guide dog that wouldn't trigger allergies. But during the ensuing media hype, Conron says he immediately started to regret his work.

"I opened a Pandora's box and released a Frankenstein's monster," he told the *ABC*.

He believes that breeders have taken the labradoodle concept and created dogs with a host of health problems and uncontrollable, "crazy" behavior.

## Wait What

Labradoodle owners who [spoke to the *BBC*](<https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49826945>) aren't convinced. Their stories portray labradoodles as loving, calm, therapeutic companions.

While that does little to address Conron's concern of crossbreeds [developing hip dysplasia](<https://pets.thenest.com/problems-labradoodles-9759.html>), for example, it at least helps dispel his fear of creating a monster.

**READ MORE:** [The first ever labradoodle wasn't a designer dog, he was a guide dog](<https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-09-23/labradoodle-guide-dogs-designer-regret/10717186>) \[*ABC*\]

**More on dogs:** *[Scientists Are Calling for More Dogs in Space](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-dogs-space>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)