[JoanneF]

What sort of doodles?

I wouldn't touch a cavalier x poodle because of the cavalier problems but unless anyone knows better (which wouldn't be very hard, I'm no expert) I don't think labradoodles or cockapoos are at any more risk than labs, cockers or poodles from non-health tested parents. Of which there are many; but that's a whole other box of badgers ...

 

[JoanneF]

So an Irish terrier X poodle?

They are likely to be quite 'drivey' with terrier tenacity. Irish terriers are fairly high up the terrier scale, if you count things like West Highland terriers as low and Lakeland and Patterdales as quite high (i.e. bred over millennia to relentlessly hunt and kill small furry things very efficiently).

If they are a bonded pair, be very aware of littermate syndrome - where they are more engaged and focussed on each other than on their people. Unless they have been trained to do things separately, which seems unlikely from what you said earlier, they may be a real handful at best; and unable to function separately at worst.

Another thought. Are they being disposed of because they have been able to practise their behaviour for so long that they are now really skilled at naughtiness?

It's a tough one, it depends so much on how much energy you have for them. From the very limited information, I don't think they will be easy. If you really just want company for your other dog, I'd probably say no. If you want a project, and if you have the time, energy, skill and inclination - fasten your seatbelt, it could be a fun ride!

 

[JoanneF]

Okay, thanks. Scrap the paragraph about terrierism, but the rest still applies