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Owners Thought They Bought A Mini Doodle, Not Expecting What Happened Next

A woman believed she was buying a mini doodle, but he did not stop growing, leaving the internet in stitches.

TikToker Jord (@jord.In.Az) shared footage of her partner attempting to measure the height of their not-so-mini doodle with a tape measure, which garnered 96,700 likes and 1.1 million views on TikTok.

"When you thought you bought a mini doodle …" she wrote as the text overlaying the video.

"He just kept growing and growing, big boy," she captioned the video.

In the footage, Waffle, the doodle, stands on his hind legs like a human and puts his paws into the man's hands to support himself against the wall while he gets measured.

A miniature version of the popular goldendoodle, the mini goldendoodle, is a popular hybrid of a miniature Poodle and a Golden Retriever, according to dogacademy.Org.

Mini goldendoodles typically weigh between 15 to 35 lb and stand 13 to 30 inches tall when fully grown.

Known for their friendly and sociable nature, goldendoodles are excellent family pets, service animals, and therapy dogs.

A stock image showing a small dog standing on their hind legs. A stock image showing a small dog standing on their hind legs. Valentina Khruslova/iStock / Getty Images Plus

For owners like Jord hoping to measure their dog's height, place the measuring tape at the base of one of your dog's front paws. Extend the tape to the top of your dog's head and note the measurements, advise PetMD.

TikTokers were amused by the video's unexpected twist, and shared relatable tales of their 'mini' pooches.

"My mini Bernedoodle is 60 lb LOL but I love his size," said one user.

"I love mine's size too, just so unexpected," Jord responded.

"Yep, my mini doodle is 100 lb. Lol. She's the best," said Sadie.

"I was in denial for a year and a half. I have a 70 lb mini lmfaooo," said Stacy.

"Doodles are mixes, so essentially you aren't guaranteed anything. I've seen goldendoodles be able to fit in bags to ones that are almost at my hip (I'm 5'5)," said another user.

According to dogster.Com, there are pros and cons to owning this miniature breed.

Pros:

  • Smaller Size: Mini goldendoodles are well-suited for apartment living and are easier to manage physically.
  • Low Shedding: They inherit the Poodle's low-shedding coat, making them a good option for allergy sufferers.
  • Friendly Temperament: Known for their gentle and affectionate nature, they are great with children and other pets.
  • Intelligent and Trainable: Their intelligence and eagerness to please make training relatively straightforward.

    • Cons:

  • Exercise Needs: Despite their smaller size, they require regular exercise and mental stimulation to prevent boredom.
  • Potential Health Issues: They can inherit health problems from both parent breeds, including hip dysplasia and allergies.
  • Separation Anxiety: Due to their strong bond with family members, they may experience separation anxiety if left alone for extended periods.
  • Grooming Requirements: Their coat requires regular grooming to prevent matting and maintain its hypoallergenic qualities.

    • Newsweek reached out to @jord.In.Az for comment via TikTok. We could not verify the details of the case.

    Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? We want to see the best ones! Send them in to life@newsweek.Com and they could appear on our site.


    Golden Retrievers' Average Lifespans Are Decreasing? Here's What Data Shows

    For years, a claim has circulated online that in the 1970s golden retrievers had a lifespan of 17 years — significantly higher than the 10- to 12-year lifespan the American Kennel Club attributed to the breed at the time of this writing.

    Examples of the claim appeared on social media platforms including X (archived), Instagram (archived) and Facebook (archived), as well as on various (archived) golden retriever-focused websites (archived).

    (X user @ItsJuliansRum)

    However, the claim that golden retrievers ever had an average lifespan of 17 years was not supported by concrete evidence.

    A representative for the Colorado-based Morris Animal Foundation's Golden Retriever Lifetime Study — which tracks the health of around 3,000 golden retrievers in the United States — said via email that there is "scant data to support the claim that goldens lived longer lives in the 1970s." Due to the scarcity of historical evidence for how long dogs of the breed lived, the representative said, "it's unlikely we can draw any conclusions about lifespan decades ago."

    Origin of the Claim

    The claim that golden retrievers used to live an average of 17 years appears to have originated from statements one Massachusetts veterinarian, Michael Lappin, made to reporters on different occasions. Over email, Lappin said that his statements about golden retriever lifespans were based on his "personal observation" and "gut feeling" as a veterinarian who has treated golden retrievers for decades. Lappin said that he did not intend to suggest that his observations were grounded in hard data.

    In 2015, an Associated Press reporter spoke with Lappin for an article about the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study (Lappin's own dog was enrolled in the study, as were some of his veterinary patients). The reporter wrote about Lappin: "When he graduated from veterinary school in 1972, golden retrievers lived 16 or 17 years. Today, it's nine or 10 years."

    A similar claim, also connected to Lappin, appeared in a 2023 Slate article that also highlighted the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study. The author of that article, again referring to Lappin, wrote: "In his early days as a vet, golden retrievers were also, he remembered, notably long-lived for large dogs: He'd see them thrive well into their teens, up to 17 years of age."

    Notably, neither reporter used the word "average" when they described Lappin's statements about having seen golden retrievers live to 17 years, in keeping with Lappin's assertion that his opinions about golden retriever lifespans were based in his own experience rather than quantitative data. Instead, in the bodies of both articles, the authors simply said that Lappin witnessed some unspecified number of dogs "live" or "thrive" up to age 17 in the 1970s.

    However, the term "average" did appear in the caption of a photograph of Lappin that accompanied the 2015 AP article in some newspapers. That caption, which can be seen below, read in part: "When Lappin graduated from Michigan State, the average golden retriever was living 16 or 17 years."

    (AP/Newspapers.Com)

    It's possible to interpret the word "average" in that photo caption in two different ways. Many English-speakers use the term casually to mean "typical" or "normal." However, the word is also commonly shorthand for arithmetic mean — the value calculated by dividing the sum of a set of terms by the number of terms. Because an arithmetic mean is a statistical tool for approximating the middle of a range of values, a statistically average lifespan of 17 years would suggest that a significant proportion of all golden retrievers lived even longer than 17 years.

    In the case of 1970s golden retriever longevity, internet users appear to have interpreted the word "average" in the more technical sense, when in fact, as Lappin acknowledged over email, there isn't enough concrete data to support any statistical claims about how long golden retrievers lived in the 1970s.

    Golden Retriever Lifespans

    There is some anecdotal evidence to support the more general claim that golden retrievers may have lived slightly longer on average in the 1970s than they do now. According to the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study representative, Lappin wasn't the only longtime golden retriever owner involved with the study who has voiced concerns about the perceived shortening of golden retriever lifespans.

    Some additional anecdotal evidence appears in books about golden retrievers published starting in the early 1970s.

    For example, in her 1971 book "All About the Golden Retriever," author Lucille Sawtell wrote that owners could expect a newly purchased golden retriever puppy to live "twelve to fourteen years." Three years later, in 1974, the author Gertrude Fischer claimed a life expectancy of "10 or 15 years" in her book "The Complete Golden Retriever." And in her 1996 book "The New Golden Retriever," author Marcia Schlehr wrote, "For decades, the Golden Retriever was known as a hardy, active dog with a lifespan of twelve to fourteen years or more."

    However, none of this anecdotal evidence proves that the breed ever had an average — in the statistical sense — lifespan as high as 17 years.

    In other words, it's possible that golden retriever lifespans have, on average, shortened to some degree since the 1970s. However, researchers have not quantified that change — and, due to the lack of reliable data on the breed's longevity from the 1970s, it's not likely that they ever will.

    Sources

    Definition of AVERAGE. 12 Jan. 2025, https://www.Merriam-webster.Com/dictionary/average.

    Fischer, Gertrude. The Complete Golden Retriever. New York : Howell Book House, 1974. Internet Archive, http://archive.Org/details/completegoldenre00fisc.

    "Golden Retriever Dog Breed Information." American Kennel Club, https://www.Akc.Org/dog-breeds/golden-retriever/. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

    Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, https://www.Morrisanimalfoundation.Org/golden-retriever-lifetime-study.

    "It's a Dog's Life, and Maybe More." Times Record News, 10 May 2015, p. 30. Newspapers.Com, https://www.Newspapers.Com/article/times-record-news-its-a-dogs-life-and/163053157/.

    Mean, Median, and ModeDefinition & FactsBritannica. Https://www.Britannica.Com/science/mean-median-and-mode. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

    Sawtell, Lucille. All about the Golden Retriever. London : Pelham, 1971. Internet Archive, http://archive.Org/details/allaboutgoldenre0000sawt.

    Schlehr, Marcia R. The New Golden Retriever. New York, N.Y. : Howell Book House, 1996. Internet Archive, http://archive.Org/details/newgoldenretriev0000schl.

    "Study Aims to Uncover Why Cancer Plagues Golden Retrievers." AP News, 6 May 2015, https://apnews.Com/domestic-news-domestic-news-general-news-pets-1c38b130dd69481c932bb287b907e07b.

    "---." Asheville Citizen-Times, 26 May 2015, p. D3. Newspapers.Com, https://www.Newspapers.Com/article/asheville-citizen-times-study-aims-to-un/163095207/.

    "---." The Dispatch, 10 May 2015, p. 17. Newspapers.Com, https://www.Newspapers.Com/article/the-dispatch-study-aims-to-uncover-why-c/163053491/.

    Whitcomb, Isobel. "The Truth About Golden Retrievers Could Change How We Think About Dogs for Good." Slate, 9 Oct. 2023. Slate.Com, https://slate.Com/technology/2023/10/golden-retriever-lifespan-dying-younger-dog-health.Html.





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