tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post7734292335183160279..comments2023-04-15T05:47:41.766-06:00Comments on The Eentsy Weentsy Dog: Seriously, get over the "designer dog" BSMongoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13545512692510569390noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-28571883084745305522010-11-06T23:17:13.144-06:002010-11-06T23:17:13.144-06:00My blog rant on the subject:
http://petstoreconfe...My blog rant on the subject:<br /><br />http://petstoreconfessions.blogspot.com/2010/09/designer-dogs.htmlK9Trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659260217637849982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-86788347923574019152010-11-06T23:12:59.256-06:002010-11-06T23:12:59.256-06:00I love you. Really. I love you now. I try and t...I love you. Really. I love you now. I try and try and try to explain this to people and NOBODY wants to get it. Key word: Wants. They could get it, if they wanted to. They don't want to. They want to fad, the fashion, the "in-ness" of having a 'designer dog.'<br /><br />I work in a pet store that sells designer dogs and I can't even stand it. <br /><br />You tell 'em how it is. It's the truth: From a pet store employee to all the people who love the designer dogs: Just because they're mutts doesn't make them bad dogs, but if you paid for it from a 'breeder' or otherwise did not rescue it, you just bought into the biggest scam ever created. Grats.K9Trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659260217637849982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-86669177805941316112010-10-09T10:22:58.326-06:002010-10-09T10:22:58.326-06:00I have to say that I don't mind mutts; I had a...I have to say that I don't mind mutts; I had a mutt once, and she was the joy of my life. I miss her terribly:(. What ticks me off about "puggles" and the whole "designer dog" thing is that people charge $600-$1200 for a potentially sickly, poorly bred mutt that you could pick up at a shelter for free.TeamDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032954156641754347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-58144647766676467732010-09-24T17:40:26.831-06:002010-09-24T17:40:26.831-06:00Exactly, breeds are designed meaning somebody put ...Exactly, breeds are <em>designed</em> meaning somebody put some thought into selecting individuals for certain traits that they wanted to be able to get consistently. That's what a breed is. A "designer dog" isn't that, it's a random crossing of two pet dogs for no particularly good reason, plus a portmanteau word. What point can possibly be achieved by crossing a pug, which has no nose, and a beagle, which is a scenthound? Nothing. You lose the deformities that the pug is bred for and the qualities that the beagle is bred for, and get a dog that looks like a bloodhound except with no nose and a less extreme version of the pug deformities. What's the point of that? And if you kept breeding it and breeding it, you wouldn't get even that. The pug morphology would wash out and you'd just have a short-hair dog with hanging ears and no particular characteristics that would make it worth having created a new breed.<br /><br />And the fact that you adopted your dog doesn't mean it's a good idea to breed them. On the contrary, if there weren't so many idiots breeding dogs at random for the money they get off gullible uninformed people, there wouldn't be so many adoptable dogs in shelters.<br /><br />People who are emotional thinkers should STFU some times.Mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545512692510569390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-38982408939414836792010-09-24T14:09:47.223-06:002010-09-24T14:09:47.223-06:00O'yes I forgot if you know anything about dogs...O'yes I forgot if you know anything about dogs you would know that all dogs of today were Designed! OMD all the Puggle Dog hate! <br />p.s.s. so sorry for the delete made a spelling error.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798930683542476438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-21377663000432689762010-09-24T14:07:14.535-06:002010-09-24T14:07:14.535-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798930683542476438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-86277182388835081322010-09-24T13:49:56.192-06:002010-09-24T13:49:56.192-06:00My Puggle aka Designer Dog aka Grandpuppy that I l...My Puggle aka Designer Dog aka Grandpuppy that I love, she was rescued from a 'Animal Welfare' kill shelter here in Chicago IL USA at 8 weeks old. So now what have you got to say! You need to make a blog about BREEDERS! I have the Best of both worlds. A Great, Smart, Active, Snuggle Puggle. She just fit our lifestyle for now. I have had many other Breeds in the past. The Breed doesn't matter. It the love! that does! <br />Designer Dog, Puggle Ariel <3Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798930683542476438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-22386755188018568972010-09-22T23:20:01.769-06:002010-09-22T23:20:01.769-06:00i agree with the designer BS and the amount of $ t...i agree with the designer BS and the amount of $ they charge for one. i'm more upset that because shibas are "trendy", the pet stores will sell them for $1200 for a sickly pup that was bred from a backyard breeder. argh!<br /><br />it pisses me off more when people see me walking my two inus and they ask me how much money did i buy them for. i usually go into a rant that one of my dogs is a neglected and abused rescue because some idiot probably bought him from a damn pet store for $1200.<br /><br />but i digress. i'm not a fan of designer dogs. simply, i'm a fan of those shelter dogs cause they love life more.a girl and her two shibashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266576896874862270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-84531989762325814792010-09-19T23:38:39.964-06:002010-09-19T23:38:39.964-06:00That's completely beside the point.That's completely beside the point.Mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545512692510569390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846445247896273502.post-88268187355262291922010-09-19T12:48:48.659-06:002010-09-19T12:48:48.659-06:00Holy cow. Why so much puggle hate? I love my pug...Holy cow. Why so much puggle hate? I love my puggle. He is an awesome dog. So smart. So loving. So fun. Wish you could meet him. You might fall in love and not care about the name so much.Mr. Puggle®https://www.blogger.com/profile/02480315498285379631noreply@blogger.com