Designer Dogs

k9poopscoot · 01-21-2007, 08:54 AM

I am a dog groomer and I have been having issues these past couple of years with designer dogs. Only in America can we mix 2 different breeds of dog, name it something weird, and sell it for a thousand dollars. Other countries must be screaming at the top of their lungs! Did you know that there are "breeders" out there making a total killing on the people that buy these dogs? They stick a male poodle in a run with a few other female breeds and let them go to town. Then they turn around and sell the offspring and market them as "shipoos" or "yorkipoos". These people that buy these mutts don't know or care what they are getting. Then when the hair becomes unmanageable, they bring the dog in to me completely matted and say make her pretty but don't shave her. Ha! I was at the dog park yesterday when an English bulldog (a very good looking purebred) came in. Nearby a group of kids screamed, "look a puggle!" Even our children are being sucked into this fad. America is paying these "breeders" to ruin the integrity of the good breeders in our country. I love mutts, but please people, go to the shelter and save a life! These "breeders" must be stopped or at least regulated in some way.

Lorina · 01-21-2007, 09:03 AM

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Nearby a group of kids screamed, "look a puggle!" Even our children are being sucked into this fad.

While I agree with everything you said, and think it's sad that kids would know what a "puggle" is, even if they apparently don't know what one looks like, that I'd just put down to kids being clueless.

I had one kid tell me my dog looked just like Toto from the Wizard of Oz. He's a red fawn Pekingese.

And recently a group of teenage girls squealed, "Ooh! Look at the cute little Chihuahua!" Beavis would be one of the biggest, most grotesquely deformed, mutant Chihuahuas ever.

Keno's Mom · 01-21-2007, 09:07 AM

That's really sad when you don't know a black cairn terrier from a red peke!

I really did own a "Toto" dog - same color too - black cairn named Boo.

If I heard those comments, I'd have corrected the child with the proper breed (and told them that "puggles" were NOT a breed - they were a mutt dog).

Leila12345666 · 01-21-2007, 10:56 AM

Well you know how children are, they dont study dogs or their breeds lol. Most kids will fall in love with just about any dog. I was volunteering yesterday at Petsmart like i said. And there was this lady and this little girl looking to adopt. Her mom goes like "Look sweetie a Shih Tzu" like saying small and cute. Lol then the girl stuck it to her she is like "No mom i want this one, the 7 month old brown Shepherd mix" and mom looked at her weird and trying to convince her to get the little one. After a while the Shih Tzu got adopted and they ended up getting nothing

Sometimes parents have to do with the choise of the child. I know most small children LOVE the big doggies, and i dont blame them i believe medium size breeds or even large are the best for children. Small dogs can get hurt easily with small children.

Anyways i went off subject here sorry. Nena has been confused for all kinds of breeds lol with small kids. I just tell them what she really is and thats how the learn.

Tankstar · 01-21-2007, 01:32 PM

I have actually had some one come up to me and say *wow whata beutiful german shepherd you have* I'm sorry but when you call a collie a german shepherd you are just dumb, espeacially if you are atleast 40 years old lol. All kids call my dog a Lassie dog

Leila12345666 · 01-21-2007, 01:37 PM

Lol i dont blame you there. If its just children i agree. I remember one time a Petsmart the first day i got my 9 week old Chow GSD mix puppy and a lady comes up to me, she was like 65 maybe she could not see ok but she is like "Awww is that a Saint Bernard?" he he i was laughing dint know what to think of her.

Keno's Mom · 01-21-2007, 03:02 PM

Then I was the "different" child - I knew many breeds of cats/dogs as a child - because I loved animals and did a lot of reading about them

I'd rather a child call a collie a Lassie dog then to confuse it with another breed

Lorina · 01-21-2007, 06:20 PM

As a kid, I practically lived in the animal section of the library. I knew some breeds of dogs (at least enough to tell a red one from a black one!), a lot of breeds of cats, and more than I ever needed to know about horses. I was heartbroken when I grew too tall to be a jockey.

I think I'd rather hear someone call a Dachshund a "Weiner Dog" than a Dash-hound. *shudders*

DogAdvocat · 01-21-2007, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Leila12345666

Well you know how children are, they dont study dogs or their breeds lol. Most kids will fall in love with just about any dog. I was volunteering yesterday at Petsmart like i said. And there was this lady and this little girl looking to adopt. Her mom goes like "Look sweetie a Shih Tzu" like saying small and cute. Lol then the girl stuck it to her she is like "No mom i want this one, the 7 month old brown Shepherd mix" and mom looked at her weird and trying to convince her to get the little one. After a while the Shih Tzu got adopted and they ended up getting nothing

Sometimes parents have to do with the choise of the child. I know most small children LOVE the big doggies, and i dont blame them i believe medium size breeds or even large are the best for children. Small dogs can get hurt easily with small children.

Are you suggesting that the child should have been the one to choose the dog they would adopt? The child wanted the larger dog, and the mother should have gotten the larger dog?

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Originally Posted by k9poopscoot

I am a dog groomer and I have been having issues these past couple of years with designer dogs. Only in America can we mix 2 different breeds of dog, name it something weird, and sell it for a thousand dollars. Other countries must be screaming at the top of their lungs! Did you know that there are "breeders" out there making a total killing on the people that buy these dogs? They stick a male poodle in a run with a few other female breeds and let them go to town. Then they turn around and sell the offspring and market them as "shipoos" or "yorkipoos". These people that buy these mutts don't know or care what they are getting. Then when the hair becomes unmanageable, they bring the dog in to me completely matted and say make her pretty but don't shave her. Ha! I was at the dog park yesterday when an English bulldog (a very good looking purebred) came in. Nearby a group of kids screamed, "look a puggle!" Even our children are being sucked into this fad. America is paying these "breeders" to ruin the integrity of the good breeders in our country. I love mutts, but please people, go to the shelter and save a life! These "breeders" must be stopped or at least regulated in some way.

Good post !! Do you have any thoughts about what kind of regulations might help?

Leila12345666 · 01-21-2007, 08:41 PM

DogAdvocat the Shih Tzu her mother wanted did NOT do well with children and needed an older owner. Thats all im saying.

DogAdvocat · 01-21-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Leila12345666

DogAdvocat the Shih Tzu her mother wanted did NOT do well with children and needed an older owner. Thats all im saying.

Ok, but if you'll reread your post, it sounded nothing like that at all. Thank you for clearing it up.

babydolwv · 01-21-2007, 10:49 PM

that reminds me of a story about my boys.... they r only 6 and 4 and dont know the breeds of dogs yet, but they do however refer back to movies... ok back of our house there is a husky in the neighbors yard and very time the boys see that dog they hollar and yelll Hi!! snow dog... then come running to me and say mommy look its a snow dog... lol i just have to laugh at them, because they have only seen that movie like once and it has been well over a yr and yet they still remember what the dog looks like.... i thought it was cute so i had to post it up.... lol but then my opinion is bias...lol