Comment

Comment by Beth on March 2, 2013 at 10:59pm

The worst to me is that the "best" Doodles--- meaning the ones that have the poodle coat and the "correct" Doodle look--- look just like a Standard Poodle in a puppy cut!!   And you could get a nice standard poodle for the same price as a Doodle, and they are lovely dogs with biddable temperaments who are one of the smartest and easiest to train breeds, with relatively few health problems.  So why the Doodle?  As Bev says, what does it bring to the table that either parent lacks?  

Comment by Mai on March 2, 2013 at 9:48pm

I swear! I don't get the designer dog thing either. I don't say it out loud but, in my mind I'm thinking 'No matter what you call your dog, at the end of the day it's still a mutt.' Not that there's anything wrong with having a mutt but, I think it's wrong when people charge exorbitant prices for them just because they combine two specific dog breeds together.
At those prices I just want to ask the owners 'Why didn't you just get a purebred lab or a purebred poodle?' I also hate it when they advertise it as having the "best of both breeds". I'm like, 'How do YOU know that for sure?'
I also don't like seeing the wolf hybrids. People deliberatly breeding a domestic breed of dog with the wolf is just not right.

Comment by Jane Christensen on March 2, 2013 at 8:10pm

HaHa.. in.our Puppy Love Therapy dog group 2 of the women introduce their dogs as Designer Dogs...they are really rescues and weren't bred to be anything special...just accidental.

. 

Comment by Bev Levy on March 2, 2013 at 8:09pm

I don't understand the Designer mutt thing either. I have had Beagles, great little hunters and sweet companions, Standard Poodles crossed with Goldens... I have had both and they were great just can't see what a cross breeding brings to the table. Unbelievable to me that people pay the kind of money they do for them.

Comment by Jane Christensen on March 2, 2013 at 8:06pm

Beth....I often wonder what happens to the puggles that turn out ugly...

Comment by Beth on March 2, 2013 at 6:47pm

From Wiki: "

A Wisconsin breeder named Wallace Havens bred the first puggle in the 1990s. He also coined the name "puggle" and was the first to register the breed with the American Canine Hybrid Club, an organization that tracks mutt dogs. By 2000, puggles were being sold commercially to pet owners wanting to own a different, distinctive dog.

He later came under fire for operating a large scale puppy mill housing more than 1100 animals. Havens was suspended by the American Kennel Club for ten years for refusing kennel inspections, and in 2008 his operation was shut down by the Wisconsin Humane Society.^[1] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has repeatedly cited him for inadequate care of animals.^[2] "

So there you have it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puggle

Poor puggles.

Comment by Beth on March 2, 2013 at 6:44pm

The Puggle has to be the worst idea I ever heard.  The flatter face and associated breathing/cooling problems of a pug with the drive and nose of a Beagle... who thinks of these things????

Comment by Becky S on March 2, 2013 at 6:09pm

I agree, very expensive mutts.  Our neighbor just got a puggle (pu + beagle) at least he was a rescue.  When we first got Brodie, someone asked me what "mix" he was... of course I explained that he was a purebred and not any hybrid mix!

Comment by Lemmy Winks on March 2, 2013 at 5:43pm

first. Not designer breed, designer mutt. That's how I see it; puppy millers making a killing.
second. Your response is so epic, you have earned my deepest respect! Thank you!