Comments on: What’s your designer dog from hell? Here’s mine…

By: Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:05:09 +0000

I don’t understand why anyone would say that about a Shar-pei. One of the sweetest, gentlest and humblest dogs I have ever owned is a Shar-pei mix. She can be a little stubborn sometimes, but at 13 years old she’s earned it. She’s ‘helped’ me raise my two daughters and is even now ‘helping’ to raise my granddaughter. I personally think a jack russell terrier and english bulldog mix would be a training nightmare.

By: Sam L

Sam L — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:50:21 +0000

So I’ve grown up in the pure bred dog world and the oddest thing i ever heard of growing up was the lasacockapeekapoo and that was registered, but I must admit IM falling in love with the puggles- I think they meant it for cuteness but its lasted because of temperament. both are smart dogs and the coats are similar and same general body size- however the mini puggles make me nervous. I’ve known too many schnauzer breeders to go from standard to mini to toy! a 6lbs schnauzer! they are supposed to be a working/hunting dog this is ridiculous. If you know anyone developing smaller of anything- tell them to do the world a favor and stop. if you want something that small- get a guinea pig.

By: joa82

joa82 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:22:42 +0000

Uuuhhhh I met a dalmation- stafford terrier cross once- OMG awesomest dog ever really! big black spot on his eye, walking around with some kid’s sandwich in his mouth.
Other than that though- what bugs me about crossing breeds is that some idiot goes and gets 2 “cool” dogs of various breeds, breeds them together to create a morkie or something and considers themselves a in-the-know breeder who can seriously charge $800 for a mutt. AND people pay for it! why!

By: EmilyS

EmilyS — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:06:33 +0000

I used to visit dogpark near my mom’s place in NJ. I would go offhours and let my dogs run around in the small dog area if no one else was there, and leave if anyone came. In the adjacent large dog area, a guy would bring his wolf dog. I watched this dog mature over about a year’s time from very submissive dog-like to dominant posturing (leg over back of other dog etc). I once commented to the owner, “nice wolfdog” and he replied, “oh, it’s not a wolf dog, it’s an “american indian dog”

WTF? Talk about your designer dog nightmare from hell!

By: AmandaS

AmandaS — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:20:40 +0000

Aww, nice sexism Amanda. I’m ashamed to share a name with you.

By: Original Lori

Original Lori — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:49:20 +0000

Of all the adjectives you could have thrown out, I think you probably picked the least appropriate. Not even going to address the noun.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:37 +0000

Wow, what a bunch of selfish bitches. Peace out.

By: francis

francis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:03:50 +0000

I didn’t believe the PSA either those years ago - I have been involved with various rescue groups and with some seemingly intelligent and influential people that have trashed breeders relentlessly (never bothering to distinguish between puppy mills, backyard breeders vs. responsible breeders) - I didn’t believe them either - what I do believe is this country needs animal control reform - and I think most people who make comments here agree with that - I read the Pet Connection to learn and I will continue to read and hopefully learn.

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:45:26 +0000

Amanda and Francis need to start their own blog.

They are not interested in honest inquiry, much less learning anything new. How they type with their fingers in their ears, singing “la la la la….” is beyond me.

And now, once again…Churchill’s definition of a fanatic: Someone who won’t change their mind and can’t change the subject.

By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:38:37 +0000

I have a rescued beagle/JRT cross who is PERFECT, and her little brother, a rescued purebred JRT became a very good little boy with a bit of patience, exercise and training. The dogs aren’t the problem, the idiots who buy designer (or any) dogs and don’t know what to do with them are. Adopt don’t shop!

I have wonderful little girl, too, a sweet three-year-old Powderpuff Chinese Crested. She came from an excellent breeder—but not as a puppy, not to me. She didn’t work out in her first home, because no screening process is perfect and produces zero errors, and was returned to her breeder, who went looking for a new home for her, and found me. She was a year old, at the height of her adolescent rambunctiousness, and because she apparently wasn’t exposed to other dogs by her original buyer, she was afraid of them. She was stressed, unhappy, scared of other dogs, scared of people—not anything like the breeder’s own dogs. An overstressed southern shelter (her temporary residence was in the south) would have quickly identified her as unadoptable, and she’d have been killed.

But she never wound up burdening the shelter system, because she had a responsible breeder, and a contract that required her to be returned to the breeder, instead of being dumped in the nearest shelter.

Responsible breeders are not the reason dogs are in shelters.

And by the way, my scared little girl is now a Canine Good Citizen and beginning her career as a therapy dog.