The Cockapoo dog breed has taken Ireland by storm over the last decade - but there is one major mistake that owners are making with the lovable pooches ...

The exact history of the cockapoo is a little murky. But they became one of the first “designer” dog breeds sometime in the 1960s, when a poodle was bred with a cocker spaniel for the first time.

"Within the first two weeks I had taught him to sit, lay down, wait, go, paw and spin," Andrew Hall told Newsweek.