my vent on designer dogs

[lute]

I just have to add that we have a ton of puggles come into the clinic where I work. All the girls I work with, plus me can't stand these dogs. I have yet to see one well behaved, non-yappy, non mess making puggle. I don't know if these owners just don't train their dogs or if this mix in general is a hyper messy gross mix.

[Reachoutrescue]

I actually just read this post. It sickens me how people can breed these wonderful pure bred dogs and create a mutt....yet call it a designer dog! We rescued a "Goldendoodle" about 2 yrs ago...nothing but health issues. She did find a great home, but she still has some small health issues, the vets says "due to improper breeding". DUH!! I was at an adoption event and an older man had a really cute puppy. I asked if he was just a plain old mutt, cuz that is what he looked like. He said, very firmly, "NO! he is a Labradoodle", I asked where he "adopted" him from. He said, "oh, I didn't adopt him, I bought him online and had him shipped to me"....Okay, hello???? What that man does not know is his sweet "Labradoodle" probably came from a back yard breeder, aka a PUPPY MILL!! He said he paid $1200 for him. Poor old man. I just said he was really cute and sweet and walked away. Later that day, I got an email about some "Labradoodles" being in a local kill pound....if that man would have just looked a little harder, he could have had the same MUTT for only $60 with vaccines and neutering. People just make me sick.

[Catlady711]

He said he paid $1200 for him. Later that day, I got an email about some "Labradoodles" being in a local kill pound....if that man would have just looked a little harder, he could have had the same MUTT for only $60 with vaccines and neutering.

Yes, but it's all in the advertising. Bill something up as 'rare' or do some fancy webpage with a bunch of bologna on it and wham you got yourself a money maker raking it in off of a bunch of uninformed buyers. Some people are easily swayed and if you use a bunch of big words and talk like you know what you are doing and throw in a few fake 'testimonials' it's $$$ city. Sad but true.

I think more people should reserch stuff before spending money, from pets to homes, to appliances etc. The problem is with the web allowing everyone to have any webpage saying whatever they want, the hard part is sorting out the sources of the information, which sadly many people do not do well. And some people breeding/selling these mutts are just as uniformed as their buyers are because they got suckered into thinking they had something special.