my vent on designer dogs

[Giselle]

Ivy is a rare miniature Dobrador Pintriever.

Very few exist in the world. Maybe I should breed her...

[cali]

could not agree more! its gotten to the point that I am afraid to tell people what mix exactly my mutts are lest they go "oh I liked that mix" and try to breed some of their own, now instead of specifying that Ripley is a Schipperkie/Bosten Terrier, when people ask I just ay "he's a mix" , same goes for Rusty.

[Seravieve]

Wooo wooo.. Love this post! I think these people are nuts that spend all that money on a mixed breed. I always stop by the pet store in our local mall. I just walk through to see the new breeds.. lol. I just shake my head and feel so sorry for these little puppy-mill doggies..

So sad... J wanted a puggle for a while.. store wanted $500 for her. WOOF. Needless to say, she came to her senses and we now have 3 rescues..

[Karen]

I am all in favor of volunteering my creative services to shelters and coming up with "designer" names for mixed breed dogs if it would help more lovable mixes get homes.

Humans sure are silly critters. Gullible, too.

[bckrazy]

"The intention is to breed a perfect family dog!"

I hate to break it to those highly respectable Dakota Sheepdog breeders... but, such a dog has already been discovered. His name is Fozzie, and he's a Corglesky. : D Oh, and he didn't quite cost $1200! (WTMFFF)... Since when is a "perfect family dog" the same dog, for all families? Since when was every family completely uniform? The reason we have created different breeds is to fit different needs... there are hundreds of pure breeds for a family to pick from... why would everyone want the same dog, when just as dog's personalities differ, individuals also differ?

It disgusts me that "designer dogs" have become widely accepted, cherished, and desired over our plain old "mutts". Alongside the breed calendars, I see Schnoodle, Cockapoo, Labradoodle, Doodlespork, Crapadoodle, etc, etc, calendars. It's as if people feel that their designer dogs are more important than our mutts... simply because they come with a silly name and they paid $1000's more for them! If anything, I would horribly embarassed to have paid an anstronomical price for a DD, when a "plain old mutt" is free or for a small adoption fee... AND I would be horribly embarassed to call my dog one of those ridiculous "breed" names. It all just makes them look stupid, to be honest.

[Alysser]

I went on petfinder and found a "schnoodle" in my local shelter who is pregnant. It just proves you can go to your local shelter and get a MUTT for an actually DECENT price. They really are taking away from other breeds

[loveallfurryfriends]

There are absolutely no designer dogs in my house! My husband and I are getting ready to go to the pound to find our newest family member. That is where the best dogs in world are!!! My husband wanted to buy a purebred, and I adamantly refused. He knew how passionate I was about rescuing, and has now seen the light!!! his thinking has changed so much, that when a co-worker asked what kind of dog we were buying, he said---- We are not buying, we're going to save one from the pound!! The funniest thing is that everyone thinks that Smokey is some sort of maltipoo, but we always tell people, he's just a lovable mutt!! I wouldn't have it any other way