FaunaClassifieds - View Single Post - Interesting but unethical Hybrid attempt.

12-10-2005, 09:36 PM

Oh! The door has been opened. One comment about the new "designer dogs". Repeatedly I keep hearing them referred to as "hybrids". They are not. They are "mixed breeds". Many of these Puggels (pug/beagle), labradoodles etc are being sold in excess of $1000 per pup! And, people are actually paying that much for them! What burns my behind is that a few MILLION dogs and cats are euthanized in the US EVERY YEAR because there are no homes for them. Since my adulthood, every dog and cat I have had/have were/are shelter rescues. What perverse greed and status clamoring delegates a few MILLION dogs and cats to die because they are not "fashionable" enough. Any fool can produce a labradoodle or a puggel. And, same fool can at least do one kind and responsible thing by getting the parents from a shelter, (or its equivalent).

12-10-2005, 09:36 PM	#28
coyote	Oh! The door has been opened. One comment about the new "designer dogs". Repeatedly I keep hearing them referred to as "hybrids". They are not. They are "mixed breeds". Many of these Puggels (pug/beagle), labradoodles etc are being sold in excess of $1000 per pup! And, people are actually paying that much for them! What burns my behind is that a few MILLION dogs and cats are euthanized in the US EVERY YEAR because there are no homes for them. Since my adulthood, every dog and cat I have had/have were/are shelter rescues. What perverse greed and status clamoring delegates a few MILLION dogs and cats to die because they are not "fashionable" enough. Any fool can produce a labradoodle or a puggel. And, same fool can at least do one kind and responsible thing by getting the parents from a shelter, (or its equivalent).