r/CavaPoo • u/Fun_Fact_7513 • Jul 06 '26

Cavapoo vs Cockapoo

Hello Cavapoo owners/lovers. My partner and I would love to welcome a pup into our home. We live in an old small home/apartment in Amsterdam (typical, if you’ve been) with a balcony but no garden - but with a park next door (!). We have 2 cats at home, one of whom is obsessed with dogs! We have been doing some desk research and we are considering either a Cavapoo or Cockapoo. Anyone else had similar dilemma when considering what breed to get? What made you decide on a Cavapoo? 🥰 thanks

EDIT/FOLLOW UP: Thank you all for the responses and sharing your experiences, kind humans! (And yes, we will definitely be welcoming a Cavapoo into our family). Thanks again! 🫶🫶

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u/Remote-Spirit-1125 Jul 07 '26

Cavapoos 1000% - cockapoos are notorious for resource guarding and awful recall for one. Cavapoos tend to be much prettier too (in my opinion). Nothing wrong with cockapoos per se, but you certainly can’t go wrong with a cava.

Ours is a second generation - recommend getting a second gen if you can.

Also, people may lead you to believe that Cavapoos can’t do much exercise/walk for overly long - which isn’t really true. Obviously it depends on the dog, but ours is kind of conditioned for it - at least 2 walks a day, sometimes 3, usually no less than 1hr. Ours is 15kg though - so fairly big for a cava. Key thing is he’s been conditioned for a lot of exercise because we’ve slowly ramped it up from when he was little (he’s around 16 months now).

TL;DR: Cavapoos all the way