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    Designer breeds in toys now????

    Build-a-bear workshop now has a stuffed Maltipoo!!!!! what the heck!! so now are all little kids gonna want this mixed breed dog??? seems like the BYB of this breed are gonna get rich quick!! so disgusting!!

    http://www.buildabear.com/shop/brows...egory=Maltipoo
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    Great more kids are going to want a one for a pet What are people thinking or not thinking.
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    Ugh, I saw that a few weeks ago and was not thrilled with them.

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    I see it two ways:

    1 - It's a greyt irony! Part of the proceeds will go to animal shelters/welfare (or so they say), which kind of plays on the notion that many mixed breeds end up at the shelter anyways so why the fancy name. OR..

    2 - They're just stupid and don't realize what a mockery and hypocritical statement they're making.

    I think it's #2 Honestly, the less material goods we desire, the less we suffer. Simple.

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    I see stuff like that all the time-especially on things like keychains, plaques, etc. (I Love My Cockapoo!) I'm ready to write to those companies saying, why can't you make one for ME saying I Love My Huskashepralabracolliedoodle. They can at least do that if they're going to start making signs with mixed breeds on it.

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    I remember the days when they would lable any scruffy dog like that 'Mutt'. Shirts, keychains etc. would all say "I love my Mutt". I bet in like 10 years the word 'mixed breed' or 'mutt' will totally vanish and instead they will give them all these retarded 'fancy names'. *People walking in a Humane Society. Sees cute dog. Looks at name* "This is Max. He is a 4 year old borderretrieverdoodle"

    *sigh*
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    Yuck! I saw that on a commercial a week ago and it's so sick! I was thinking well atleast their isn't a build-a-bear around and what do I find when I go shopping this weekend? A Build-a-bear place. Why not make a cute little mixed breed and call it a mutt instead of calling it a maltipoo and making it more popular.
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    That's pretty sad indeed.

    We bought the updated version of Monopoly a few weeks ago, because our old one was worn out. The scotty dog has been replaced by a ... labradoodle. Seriously. I used to always be the dog when we played. I just can't do it now. Now I'm the Starbucks coffee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog
    That's pretty sad indeed.

    We bought the updated version of Monopoly a few weeks ago, because our old one was worn out. The scotty dog has been replaced by a ... labradoodle. Seriously. I used to always be the dog when we played. I just can't do it now. Now I'm the Starbucks coffee.
    Oh no! That was always my favorite playing piece too. Was this in the regular Monopoly, or the dog-opoly version?

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    Wow! Those things sure are getting uglier since the last time I saw them. I thought the originals were cute.
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    *sigh*


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    Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog
    That's pretty sad indeed.

    We bought the updated version of Monopoly a few weeks ago, because our old one was worn out. The scotty dog has been replaced by a ... labradoodle. Seriously. I used to always be the dog when we played. I just can't do it now. Now I'm the Starbucks coffee.

    NO WAY!!! Labradoodle?

    I was always the Scottie dog too!

    And do they really have Starbucks coffee in Monopoly? Talk about branding!

    I guess I'll be the shoe....or has that changed too?
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    Quote Originally Posted by elizabethann
    I guess I'll be the shoe....or has that changed too?
    Probably changed it a Converse or Vans shoe. (Nothing against them, they are actually my favorite brand)

    I used to be the little Scottie all the time too! That's the only piece that I liked! *sigh* I wonder if more people are buying it now just because it has a 'labradoodle' in it.
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    *sighs*

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyber-sibes
    Oh no! That was always my favorite playing piece too. Was this in the regular Monopoly, or the dog-opoly version?
    It's the new Here and Now edition of monopoly. It's a more modern verison of the original. The game tokens are now a labradooble, McDonalds french fries, starbucks cup, laptop, airplane, toyota prius, new balance running shoe and a motorla cell phone.
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