Dog owners 'fleeced' in poodle scam

[Blue_Frog]

From Here:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=46730&in_page_id=34


Thursday, April 26, 2007
http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04/lambPA_450x200.jpg
Is it a lamb? Is it a poodle? Can you spot the difference?


Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.

Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest 'must have' accessory.

But the scam was only spotted after a leading Japanese actress said her 'poodle' didn't bark and refused to eat dog food.




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Maiko Kawakami, who starred in the Japanese thriller Violent Cop, showed photographs of her pet on a television talk show only to be told it wasn't a dog - but was in fact a lamb.

The discovery prompted hundreds of women to contact the police with similar problems and the authorities believe as many as 2,000 people have been conned.

'We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company was selling sheep as poodles,' a police spokesman told The Sun.

'Sadly, we think there is more than one company operating in this way.

'The sheep are believed to have been imported from overseas - Britain and Australia.'




http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04/lambPA_175x125.jpg
A lamb




Poodles are famously used by the rich and glamourous on the continent but are extremely rare in Japan, with many people having little idea what they look like.

The company, which translates as Poodles as Pets, sold the 'poodles' for £630, about half the cost of a normal poodle but is now understood to have been shut down.



Also see http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263297

[Pam]

These people not only need their heads examined but they also need a good eye exam. :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes: :eek: Just when you think you have heard it all......

[Freedom]

Oh dear, I don't know whether to laugh or not he he. Those "poor little lambs, have lost their way, baa, baa, baa." (ten pointsif you remember which TV show started with that little ditty.)

Now what's going to happen to the lambs? Geesh!

[CathyBogart]

Is this article for real? I can't quite tell. Are there actually people stupid enough not to notice that their 'dogs' had hooves, said baa, and dropped little piles of pebbles everywhere rather than housebreaking? None of these "thousands" of owners ever took their sheep to the vet?

Yet....I google it and find more articles about it. *Bangs head on desk*

[Blue_Frog]

Is this article for real? I can't quite tell. Are there actually people stupid enough not to notice that their 'dogs' had hooves, said baa, and dropped little piles of pebbles everywhere rather than housebreaking? None of these "thousands" of owners ever took their sheep to the vet?

Yet....I google it and find more articles about it. *Bangs head on desk*
That was my response as well after finding several links ... i think i may have a dent in my forehead now from not moving that binder clip outta the way before banging my head into my desk ;)

[elizabethann]

LOL. Okay, so it didn't bark, but didn't it ever go BAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!??

That is such a funny story.

[finn's mom]

I don't understand how that's even possible. That is truly embarassing. Can I please excuse myself from being including in the human race for a moment? Wow. I'd like to see the photos this woman shared that prompted people to tell her it wasn't even a dog. Anyone find any?

[Sirrahsim]

Picture, anyone? :rolleyes: :D
This isn't that lady's sheep but it is one that has the poodle hair cut :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007190295,00.html

Having lived in Japan and seen some pretty crazy things I can't say that I'm shocked, but I am still pretty surprised :p

[elizabethann]

Lol!

[animal_rescue]

No offense but you seriously have got to have problems if you can't tell a lamb from a dog! :rolleyes:

[Husky_mom]

that´s easy..... the poodle is the one on the left........


;) :p



I bet they even thought the "baaa" bark was maybe because they had an accent :rolleyes:

[Lady's Human]

What Baaad eyesight, he said sheepishly.

[Blue_Frog]

that´s easy..... the poodle is the one on the left........
;) :p

I'm sorry but you have failed the dog ID part of the course, and we're going to have to recall your PT Membership... please turn in your membership card, and heres your box to clean out your belongings ... *LOL* ;) :D

[buttercup132]

Are there actually people stupid enough not to notice that their 'dogs' had hooves, said baa, and dropped little piles of pebbles everywhere

Haha yea I didnt think people were THAT stupid.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Are you serious? :rolleyes:

[lizbud]

This article looks like something you might find on The Onion. :D It's
hard to believe anyone could be so dumb.Don't they have many dogs in
Japan?

[Blue_Frog]

Heres a link from K-9 Magazine with a sheep with a poodle-doo :D

http://www.k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=15&aid=1981&vid=0&npage=


http://production.k9magazine.com/images/sheepscam.jpg
*LOL*

[CathyBogart]

Fool me once, shame on ewe...

[wombat2u2004]

[QUOTE=Blue_Frog]From Here:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=46730&in_page_id=34

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Is it a lamb? Is it a poodle? Can you spot the difference?
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Maiko Kawakami, who starred in the Japanese thriller Violent Cop, showed photographs of her pet on a television talk show only to be told it wasn't a dog - but was in fact a lamb.

So....exactly what part did little Miss Kawakami actually play in that movie ??
The lamp post ???
Wom

[lbaker]

OK OK enough PUNishment you all :rolleyes:

[wombat2u2004]

Now what's going to happen to the lambs? Geesh!

Ahhh......sushi ???? Maybe !!!

[wombat2u2004]

These people not only need their heads examined but they also need a good eye exam. :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes: :eek: Just when you think you have heard it all......

Awwwww Pam....you're just jealous that they have those new age poodles and you don't !!!! ;)
Wom

[CathyBogart]

OK OK enough PUNishment you all :rolleyes:

Yes, yes, we all deserve a bleating! ^_^

[AbbyMom]

Yes, yes, we all deserve a bleating! ^_^


Hey, folks. Have some sympathy. These people obviously got fleeced!

:)

[Sirrahsim]

You guys are un-baaaaaa-lievable! It's not their fault that someone pulled the wool over their eyes!!

[Catty1]

...fool me once, shame on ewe. :p

[Kfamr]

Can people REALLY be that stupid? :eek:

[Husky_mom]

I'm sorry but you have failed the dog ID part of the course

WHAT!!!! I got it wrong??! you have to be kidding..... I was so sure....... :p

[Blue_Frog]

WHAT!!!! I got it wrong??! you have to be kidding..... I was so sure....... :p
*LOL* Nope, no retests. If those cheat-sheet notes you brought to the test weren't enough, well... ;)

[Karen]

Turns out it was all a hoax:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/irresistible/13179676/detail.html

[lizbud]

Turns out it was all a hoax:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/irresistible/13179676/detail.html


Now this is more believable. :D Is the Sun magazine the equivalent of
our Enquirer?

[wombat2u2004]

Oh well....one good thing is that now there isn't any lambs who will have to go thru the trauma of being taught to "SIT" :eek:
Wom

[Giselle]

Yeah, that whole bunk about Poodles being extremely rare in Japan (which therefore explains why nobody knew what an actual Poodle looked like) is pretty ridiculous. Japanese toy poodle breeders have turned out some of the finest specimens in the ring.

What bunk!

[lizbud]

Oh well....one good thing is that now there isn't any lambs who will have to go thru the trauma of being taught to "SIT" :eek:
Wom


Hee hee :D

[cyber-sibes]

Isn't it amazing what they try to RAM down our throats as the truth? Had they been passing off lambs as Bedlington terriers, I might have believed it, but...poodles? A new Designer breed... "Lamoodles"

[finn's mom]

Turns out it was all a hoax:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/irresistible/13179676/detail.html

I feel much better, now. I didn't spend too much time thinking about it, but now that I came back to Pet Talk, it's good to know it was a hoax. I just couldn't believe it.

[RICHARD]

OK, If lambs are NOT dogs, why are people trying to convince me that this is an ANGEL?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid175/p6ce5f0e8656cc15cd02ec223a149aa52/f373a924.jpg


Triple :confused:

[Blue_Frog]

OK, If lambs are NOT dogs, why are people trying to convince me that this is an ANGEL?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid175/p6ce5f0e8656cc15cd02ec223a149aa52/f373a924.jpg


Triple :confused:
*puts on the book-learning hat* ... Wasn't the devil aparently an angel once? ;)

[wombat2u2004]

OK, If lambs are NOT dogs, why are people trying to convince me that this is an ANGEL?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid175/p6ce5f0e8656cc15cd02ec223a149aa52/f373a924.jpg


Triple :confused:

That cat is definately in pain Richard !!!! What did you do to it ????
Mate....you're really gonna have to get out of this small animal torturing stuff !!!! :eek:
Wom

[RICHARD]

That cat is definately in pain Richard !!!! What did you do to it ????
Mate....you're really gonna have to get out of this small animal torturing stuff !!!! :eek:
Wom


Wanna buy a White Leopard? :rolleyes:

[wombat2u2004]

Wanna buy a White Leopard? :rolleyes:

No mate....BEAR the Cat Slayer wouldn't want on of those in his yard !!! :eek:

[Killearn Kitties]

How annoying, I totally missed this story! Excellent thread though. :D

Now this is more believable. :D Is the Sun magazine the equivalent of our Enquirer?
The Sun is not what you would call "a reliable source". It is a newspaper in name only. There used to be an excellent story, probably apocryphal, about a man who signed divorce papers then subsequently contested the divorce. In court his lawyer attempted to argue that because he couldn't read, he didn't know what he was signing. When questioned, his wife exclaimed, "What do you mean he can't read? He bought The Sun every morning for the 12 years we were married!"

[RICHARD]

When questioned, his wife exclaimed, "What do you mean he can't read? He bought The Sun every morning for the 12 years we were married!"


LOLOLOL,

To use the old "Playbot defense"......in reverse!

He bought it for the pictures, NOT the articles!

Wanna buy a snow leopard? ;)

[wombat2u2004]

LOLOLOL,

To use the old "Playbot defense"......in reverse!

He bought it for the pictures, NOT the articles!

Wanna buy a snow leopard? ;)

Jeez mate....you can't even give that thing away....let alone sell it !!!! :rolleyes:
Wom

[RICHARD]

Jeez mate....you can't even give that thing away....let alone sell it !!!! :rolleyes:
Wom


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid151/pc6e9aabc2056279fc5c207d96974df84/f5d11a18.jpg


He's ready to go....send me your address!

[Killearn Kitties]

We all know you would be lost without Eddie the snow leopard!

[RICHARD]

We all know you would be lost without Eddie the snow leopard!
You are correct! How could I!!!! :D

[wombat2u2004]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid151/pc6e9aabc2056279fc5c207d96974df84/f5d11a18.jpg


He's ready to go....send me your address!

Nice to see that you took the lid off that box mate.
Hey.....does that cat come with a free pair of de-fanging pliers ????
Wom

[Killearn Kitties]

Hey.....does that cat come with a free pair of de-fanging pliers ????
WomIt's a snow leopard!

[wombat2u2004]

It's a snow leopard!

What happened to it's spots ???
Richard bleached it....right ???? ;)
Wom

[Killearn Kitties]

What happened to it's spots ???
Richard bleached it....right ???? ;)
Wom
Hmm, you may have a point there. Clearly I would be easy to fool in this kind of scam.