What the doodle?

Due to my mother's obsession with poodles and her planning (for the past three years) to purchase a poodle, I have become familiar with such odd dog breeds as the Labradoodle and the Golden Doodle.  It's funny that when I type the word Labradoodle, it's underlined with the red, squiggled line of death which indicates a misspelling quite obviously because the breed is so new and is not yet official.  This breed is becoming so popular that when I type it into Google, I come up with tons of options, such as Labradoodle rescues and specific grooming instructions.   Is this a new fad, mixing two, all American sporting breeds, Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers with the very effeminate image of the Poodle?  Is this just a cash cow stumbled upon by breeders who realize people will gladly chuck down seven hundred dollars for a Golden Doodle?  

Or, does it go much deeper than that, into the heart of our society and our America?  Is it a sign of Americans becoming more inclined to calm and pretty?   What happened to Americans who wanted brave, wild, beautifully strong, and hard-working dogs to accompany them in their quest to fulfill their American dream and conquering the vistas and prairies of our land?  Is this a sign that Americans are becoming calm and complacent and losing their spunk and vigor?  Are we becoming like the French, whom standardized the Poodle?  Americans, are sitting at home and writing blogs, eating pizza rolls, checking their Facebook, and watching Jersey Shore.  They need a dog that will fit their image, they need a Labradoodle.   I, however, want to roam America's beautiful forests, to boat upon America's lakes and rivers, to experience America the beautiful, and I sure as hell don't want to do it with a dog called a doodle.  It's not the dog, it's the name and the fact that it is so appealing to many Americans that disgusts me and makes me wonder about our precious America.