Learn about the Cockapoo
Britain's favourite hybrid with good reason
The Cockapoo is a mix of the Cocker Spaniel and the Poodle, and one of the first designer crosses to become well known. Its two parents bring together the land spaniels and Europe's water dogs. It is a modern pet, not the start of a new family of dogs. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.
Likely life span
Learn more about the dogs that went into making the Cockapoo
c. 700 BCOld trail dogs of the East
c. 500 BCOld hunting dogs of the Celts
c. 400 BCLaconian tracking Hounds
c. 100 BCSegusian tracking Hounds
Corded herding dogs
Spanish Water Dog
Puli
Komondor
AncientCeltic Scent Hound
MedievalRache
MedievalTalbot
c. 1300Chien-gris
MedievalSouthern Hound
MedievalLand Spaniels
c. 1500Poodle
1500sOld Welsh Land Spaniels
1500sOtterhound
1600sWater Spaniels
late 1800sWelsh Springer Spaniel
late 1800sCocker Spaniel
1960sCockapoo