my vent on designer dogs

[lute]

All this talk of designer dogs, rare hybrids, etc. Never good ol fashion mutt, mixed breed, cross breed. Things these dogs all really are. Nothing specail about them. I am a proud owner of a Rhodesian Ridgeback/ Lab cross. I have NEVER called her any sort of "special" hybrid or designer anything. She is my sweet lovable good ol fashion mutt. Probably one of the best dogs I have ever had in my possesion. And most of you know I have come in contact with LOTS o puppers! Mostly purebreds. I don't ean to be rude in any way shape or form, but I'm at my wits end when it comes to all this "fancy mutt" talk. I work at a vet clinic where we get all these new puppies that people paid bookooloads of money for just because they are "designer" or "rare". Some owners actually get upset when I label their dog as "Mixed Breed" I can't tell you how many times I have heard "This is NOT a mixed breed! My lil Prissy Pants McGee is a Schnoodle, pekepoo, schnorkie, beagador, basset-poo, goldendoodle, mateschnoo, american hairless-poo, and whatever else some scammer that accidently got their dog pregnant by another breed pulls ou their butt to make money off a mutt.

Guess what! I bet ya money I could find ANY mix you have on death row in a shelter for far less then what you paid for your new puppy! When are people gonna learn...IT'S A MUTT!!!!!

[buttercup132]

I find it halarious when people are actually stupid enough to be convinced that their mutt is a purebred. I think everyone on here is with you on what your saying.
We have so many stupid mixes come in and the names, oh my they are the worst. Who comes up with these names?!
I love writting down that all these "poo" dogs are mix breeds.

[moosmom]

AMEN Lute!!!!!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

My lil Prissy Pants McGee is a Schnoodle, pekepoo, schnorkie, beagador, basset-poo, goldendoodle, mateschnoo, american hairless-poo

This made me spit my tea out but I agree 100% with all you said! Often asked what Archie is so I just say "he's an Archie - part clown, part dustbin"

[pitc9]

I have to add a story that fits here in this thread.

A about a year ago a co-worker and his girlfriend were ready to get a dog so he came to me because he knew I was all about rescue and adopting. Turned out that his girlfriend was dead set on a Puggle.
So I found a few in rescues and other Beagle/Pug mixes in shelters etc.
He started complaining about the adopting process and "Why do I have to be approved by the rescue before adopting blah.. blah.. this is going to take to long." I kept telling him to be patient and begging him not to go to a pet store. I even started sending him links to pictures from puppy mills and showed him pictures of how they are shipped in the back of trucks and some die while being shipped.
Suddenly he stopped talking to me about it. I thought he had finally realized that he just needs to be patient. The truth was that he and his girlfriend went to a pet store "Just to look" and they saw a Puggle and bought it.
He was afraid to tell me because he knew how mad I would be.
He had the dog for almost a WEEK before I found out. (through another co-worker)
THENNNNNN
Just about 2 months ago the same guy said he wanted to get a boxer and again, came to me. I found boxer puppies that were up for adoption, he was happy, I was happy.... then... just like the last time. I found out 4 days after that he bought a puppy from a breeder.

The bottom line...
Some people will NEVER get it, they are closed minded and will never change.

[pitc9]

OMG!!
Not only mixing 2 breeds... look at this!!
http://www.breederinfocenter.com/ind...20061024023508

Dakota Sheepdogs are a new breed that is bred from English Shepherds, Australian Shepherds, Cocker Spaniels, and Poodles. The intention is to breed a perfect family dog! Being very smart, easy to train, gentle, loving, faithful, not at all shy or hyper, but having a nice, medium temperment. Fun, as far as playing ball with the kids, but also low to no shedding

OMG! Give me a FLIPPING Break already you BRAINLESS people that call yourself "breeders"!!!!!
Get a life and stop the madness!!!!

[buttercup132]

Alongside the breed calendars, I see Schnoodle, Cockapoo, Labradoodle, Doodlespork, Crapadoodle, etc, etc, calendars.

Ugh I hate that too. At the Pet Smart here they have actual "breed" books on Cockapoos and Schnoodles and some other stupid designer mutt.

I went on petfinder and found a "schnoodle" in my local shelter who is pregnant.

That's so sad I see so many pugxbeagles in the shelter that are just puppies too. You should post a ad on craiglist or something linking to that petfinder.

There are alot fo ingrorant people out there who think shelter dogs are dirty, full of diseases and not friendly so they go out and get dogs from "breeders". My mom is kinda like that even though almost all our cats are rescues.

[lorn]

OI Miss Ali, I am not like that..... I WAS like that until u lectured me about it so much..... Yes I admit one of our cats (baby cat) was from pet store) but and a big BUT, she too needed a home and could have ended up being bought on a whim and ended up in a shelter......
I understand your point on the puppy mills etc and how buying from a pet store is supporting them. And I try and avoid pet stores now that have animals. But i also believe you are still saving them if they are in there.
I just feel sorry for the poor things.
Its awful seeing them laying in stupid window cages with poopy and peed on blankets. U just wanna save them all. Awwwwww!
I dont know how and why they keep adding these New stupid breeds.....
Why cant they just stick to the breeds we have already? The real original ones.... grrrrrrr!!!!!!!
I am Ali's Mum by the way.....

[Giselle]

Buying a pet from a pet store is "saving" one life and condemning another litter to the same horrible conditions.

Supply and demand. If you buy a pet from the pet store, they will restock that puppy or kitty. They don't care if you call it "saving a life". They call it "production levels".

No demand = no supply. If we never buy a puppy or kitten, they will stop stocking animals at pet stores.

[elizabethann]

Very well said posts.

So what would Fenway be?

He's Border Terrier, Boxer, Pit Bull (seriously), Lapsa Apso, Schnauzer, and God knows what else.

He is a Borex Pitsozer.

Nah....he's a mutt and he's very proud of it and so isn't his Mommy.

[smokey the elder]

Last year I took our company's incentive program (you get points to spend at vendors or in a catalog) to task for selling "yorkie poos". I got some unsatisfactory verbage from corporate, and decided not to use the catalog to buy stuff, and use the points to buy gift cards to donate at our penny social!

The thing that really ground my gears is their reference to the prizes as trophies, at which I admonished them against considering any living thing a "trophy". They had no response to that.

[shepgirl]

[QUOTE=Giselle]Buying a pet from a pet store is "saving" one life and condemning another litter to the same horrible conditions.

I don't approve of mills or pet stores either. But what about the BYB who slap 2 purebred dogs together for the sake of $$$ ? Is that so different if people buy from them? By buying these unproven pups, we are also condemning the bitches to another pregnancy......and condemning that pup to a shelter when it becomes clear the dog has issues.

[Giselle]

[QUOTE=shepgirl]

Buying a pet from a pet store is "saving" one life and condemning another litter to the same horrible conditions.

I don't approve of mills or pet stores either. But what about the BYB who slap 2 purebred dogs together for the sake of $$$ ? Is that so different if people buy from them? By buying these unproven pups, we are also condemning the bitches to another pregnancy......and condemning that pup to a shelter when it becomes clear the dog has issues.

We (well, most of us) stand against any and every BYB. I hold no distinction between a BYB who breeds purebreds or a BYB who breeds mixes or a pet store that sells puppy mill puppies. They're all BYBs and they're all bad.