Hi Travisk... congratulations on your new puppy. Coda's very cute. Hope you stick around Chaz. We have some owners of very lovely mixed breeds on this forum. (Poodle-Lab and Poodle-Golden crosses, as well) While a lot of these dogs are often healthy, beautiful animals, that's often not the case. Hence, the disapproval from many proffessional breeders, exhibitors, rescue/shelter employees and Chaz members who've simply done their homework on the "designer breed" industry and the pit falls of supporting it. As you read more posts on this forum, about breeding, you'll understand the concerns. That makes your puppy no less lovely than a purebred pup or shelter pup though. Glad he's currently healthy, with appropriate OFA hip and Cerf eye checks done on both parents. (Very important with these 2 breeds and rare that someone producing mixed breed pups invests in those tests) Hope to see more pictures of Coda.