Oh, PLEASE NOOOOOO...............

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I am just amazed that people will pay big bucks for the designer mutts. They are just that, mutts. Why not go to the local Humane Society, pound, etc and adapt an animal that might have just a few days to live? Then, take the extra money and donate it to the rescue organization that was kind enough to care for it. Just my personal thoughts.

Exactly.

[rachael24]

LOL That picture is hideous on several levels. Why would someone do such a thing???

[fastdogs]

unfortunately, many people have a fairy tale idea of what cross breeding will do- all to often you get the worst of both breeds. Pugs have breathing problems and eye problems, and often patellar problems. Beagles are prone to epilepsy and eye problems. Both have a tendency towards obesity, and beagles have that famous hound temperament- different priorities than us for training. In an ideal world you'd get only the good stuff from each side, in the real world too often you get the bad.
With "doodle" crosses, the mills never mention that since the hair doesn't shed like regular dogs, you, the owner, have to groom it and keep it groomed.
I have a whippet I've been planning to breed for years. I just haven't gotten to the point where I could keep the entire litter if necessary (if reservations backed out) and the responsibility of taking the pups back, regardless of age, at any time. It's a ton of responsibility to take on-
vickie

[tulip]

A mutt is a mutt. I just don't understand why people create new dogs--mutt or purebred--when there are so many out there already, and so many die.

[Aggie_Ama]

I think the dogs are cute but they look like the local stray in my neighborhood!

I have two purebreds, one is a rescue. The first one was purchased out of necessity, the local pounds wouldn't adopt to college kids and I also needed to be assured the dog would not go over 20 lbs for my apartment. You know though my schnauzer is just as unpredictable as any mutt. I will probably never have another purebred, we always had pound puppies and had some great dogs.

The idea of paying for a "designer dog" is nonsense. I saw "Schnoodles" the other day for $600! Seems like when I was growing up and someone's purebred got knocked up by a non-purebred they gave the puppies away. Now they market them. And it isn't so simple as they will have the good parts of one breed, some do but some don't.

Playing devil's advocate, but weren't most purebreds as we know them today developed through cross breeding?

[Tuckervill]

The puppies are cute but the adult has a face only a mother could love.

I have a dog that might have been a designer-mix. She's definitely part Golden Retriever, and probably part Airedale. She turned out cute with a fuzzy nose, shorter hair, and with a great Golden personality. She was a stray so we have no way of knowing what kind of dog she really is, other than Golden which is very obvious. But some people who see her for the first time think wire-haired terrier of some kind.

My friend has a dog who she knows is a Poodle/Golden Retriever mix. We don't know if it was an accident or intentional. He's huge, black and curly, but acts just like a Golden. Lucky. Poodles are great dogs, too.

What annoys me the MOST about the Weimarwhatever is that it shouldn't be Doodle, but Poodle! Weimarpoodle!!! There's no D in weimariener and only one in poodle! Labradoodle, I get. Weimardoodle. NOPE.

Karen

[rij73]

It is refreshing to have so many people agreeing with my outlook on this. I think the designer dog trend is completely unethical. Disgusting, really. I will admit to being militant in my views about animals, so like I said, it's a relief that so many of you also believe in rescues over purchasing a dog.

I don't think animals of any kind are a commodity to be bought and sold at all, though.

[TsPoet]

It is refreshing to have so many people agreeing with my outlook on this. I think the designer dog trend is completely unethical.
I don't think animals of any kind are a commodity to be bought and sold at all, though.

I think that's a little strong. But, I don't totally disagree. I do, however, think cloning pets is unethical and disgusting
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