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Bernedoodle

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Bernedoodle.

Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.

0INHeightall null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.
40–120LBWeight, all linesbreed dogs 60 to 120 lb; breed bitches 40 to 100 lb.
1HRSExercise, every dayBoth parents center on 60 minutes a day: Bernese Mountain Dog 30 to 60 minutes a day (AKC at least half an hour of moderate exercise; RKC up to 1 hour); Standard Poodle up to 1 hour a day (RKC band). The constraint most homes get wrong.

The lines

Within one breed the line can matter more than the breed. Where the lines differ, the page says which one a value belongs to.

f1

F1: a purebred Bernese Mountain Dog crossed with a purebred Poodle, the first generation. No source read measures this cross, so the line carries no figure of its own.

f1b

F1b: an F1 Bernedoodle bred back to a Poodle, the usual definition of the backcross; confirm with the breeder which parent breed was used.

multigen

Multigen: later crosses between Bernedoodles, F2 and beyond; no source read measures how traits vary across these generations.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

22 to 27.6 in

DerivedAKC breed standard, 1990

Derived from both parents' standards; a Standard Poodle parent is assumed. Mini and toy crosses run smaller and no figure is derived for them. Low is the lower of the two parents' lows, high the higher of the two highs. No center: the non-Poodle parent's standard prints no single ideal, and a midpoint of its range would be our arithmetic, not a source.

Weight

dogs 60 to 120 lb · bitches 40 to 100 lb

DerivedAKC breed history

Derived from both parents' AKC breed-page weight bands (no standard prints a weight); a Standard Poodle parent is assumed. Mini and toy crosses run smaller and no figure is derived for them. No center: the non-Poodle parent's standard prints no single ideal, and a midpoint of its range would be our arithmetic, not a source.

Heat tolerance

2 of 5 · Parents differ: Bernese Mountain Dog 2 (long, thick, straight or slightly wavy coat; the parent file records a double or woolly-undercoat description from AKC); Standard Poodle 3 (dense curly coat, kept clipped). The coat a given dog inherits, and the clip it is kept in, sets where it sits

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale

Derived from both parents' coat descriptions (no center because the parents disagree). Also cited: poo_akc_std. No cited source says how furnishings or curl are inherited.

The dog at home

What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.

Exercise need

Both parents center on 60 minutes a day: Bernese Mountain Dog 30 to 60 minutes a day (AKC at least half an hour of moderate exercise; RKC up to 1 hour); Standard Poodle up to 1 hour a day (RKC band)

DerivedThe Royal Kennel Club

Derived from both parents' bands; the centers agree, so 60 is recorded and the low is the Bernese Mountain Dog AKC floor of 30. Also cited: poo_rkc_std.

Grooming load

3 of 5 · Parents differ: Bernese Mountain Dog more than once a week (3, RKC band), Poodle every day or regular clipping (4, RKC band). Which end a dog sits at depends on the coat it inherits; no cited source says how furnishings or curl are inherited

DerivedThe Royal Kennel Club

Derived from both parents' RKC grooming bands; no center because the parents disagree. Also cited: poo_rkc_std.

What to ask a breeder for

The health clearances the breed’s own club and registry name. Reference only: what to ask for, never a statement about any dog’s health.

Side by side

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How to read this page

Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.

Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 7 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.

Also called
Bernese Mountain Poodle
Parents
bernese-mountain-dog × poodle

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