Cockapoo

On one of my not too infrequent visits to the local pub last week a good friend of mine announced his intention to purchase mans best friend the dog.It is always said that the owner often looks like his dog or vice versa. So I looked Reg up and down and thought, here comes another labrador. I Could not have been more surprised when he announced he was going down to Somerset to purchase what he describes as a Cockadoodle ( my spell checker is even querying this). If I type in labrador no such problem, but Cockadoodle it can’t deal with.
 I suggested to Reg in the ensuing conversation that travel to Somerset to get a mongrel for thirty quid did not make sense when he could get one at the local dogs home. Reg promptly became very indignant and informed me that the said Cockadoodle is a recognised breed and it was costing him four hundred quid (Spell checker recognised the word quid, but still no joy with the cockadoodle ).
By this time one of the local experts on the mobile phone had googled the said dog on the kennel club sight and it turned out Reggie’s dog would not be a Cockadoodle at all, it was in fact a cockapoo (Strange thing is the trusty spell checker can recognise this).
The following quote is direct from the kennel club.
 Purebred breed associations such as The Kennel Club, the American Kennel Club, the United Kennel Club, or the Canadian Kennel Club, do not recognise the Cockapoo.

Reg promptly informed us that his wife had chosen the dog and he was sure she said cockadoodle, not cockapoo. As soon as Reggie’s wife came into the equation I quickly realised where the term a dog generally looks like its owner fitted in. By now the conversation, between what was now a growing band at the bar, had decided that Reg was buying a mongrel for four hundred quid and Reg was non too pleased. At this point I nipped off to the toilet and upon my return was informed that Reg had shot off in a huff.

It’s a week later and my good friend Reg has not been seen in the bar since, so I can only assume he made the trip and is currently dog sitting, so more may be said on this subject when he finally surfaces.