LABRAD/OODLES WERE BRED INITIALY BY GUIDE DOGS 4 THE BLIND. LABRADORS R HELLISH 4 CASTING IN THE HOME ENVIROMENT & THAT OBVIOUSLY IS HARD 2 MAINTAIN IF U ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. POODLES HOWEVER DONT CAST THEIR COAT, SO THAT WAS WHY THEY WERE CROSSED. DONT KNOW IF THEY CONTINUED WITH THAT BREEDING. HOWEVER IM NOT SURE ABOUT BREEDING LURCHERS FM THEM, BUT SOME OF LITTERS THAT R ADVERTISED THESE DAYS, THEIR BREEDING IS A BIT MENTAL!