A Bernedoodle is a crossbreed (hybrid or ‘designer dog’) created by crossing the Bernese Mountain Dog and a Poodle.Like most hybrid or ‘designer’ dogs, Bernedoodles do not have consistent traits when breeding one purebred dog (Poodle) to another purebred dog (Bernese Mountain Dog). While many Bernedoodles display desired traits, their appearance and behavioral characteristics remain unpredictable.Bernedoodles’ hair can be anywhere from wiry to soft, and may be wavy or curly. Many Bernedoodles do shed, although the coat usually sheds less than that of a Bernese Mountain Dog. Their coat color’s are predominately black with white spots, with some that carry the markings similar to that of the Bernese Mountain Dog. Like Poodles, Bernedoodles may be energetic, intelligent and trainable; and like Bernese Mountain Dogs they may be patient, good with children and other pets and fond of cold weather.The advantage of crossing Bernedoodles with other Bernedoodles is that people will know what they are getting as far as personality, color and size.The disadvantage of breeding generation after generation is that you are now doubling up on genetic traits and getting away from the hybrid that makes a crossbreed so special in the first place! This is a mixed breed dog and therefore cannot be registered with the American or Canadian kennel clubs. We are currently looking into Hybrid Registration Clubs.