Re: [labradoodles] Re: how do you deal with people who hate doodles?

[Abigail Morrison]

I know I don't pipe up on here a lot, but I thought I might be of some help as I was one of the people who was irritated at the whole designer dog thing. The first doodle foster I took in, I took her so that I could tell people how high energy and high maintenance they are. Long story short, I loved her so much, I went back to foster her sister the next day.

   The biggest thing that irritates people is that we are killing mixed breeds in shelters every day and feel it is irresponsible to be purposely making more mixed breeds. It is important to know that they ARE mixed breeds, or mutts and to stop telling people that they aren't. The other thing is that making them designer dogs drives up the price which drives up the amount of people who are not doing proper testing on the dogs and are only out to make a buck. Calling them designer dogs also makes people who wouldn't ordinarily want a dog, want one because it is a designer dog, making them quickly filling up shelters.

   Just admit that they are mutts and that you like the temperment of both dogs but don't like certain things about both breeds, maybe that you met one who was really great or that you have allergy problems and don't have the time or energy to devote to a poodle as they are a pretty high maintenance breed as far as grooming AND energy level, they are usually not happy when they are not being worked with heavily, and the doods seem to be a lot more layed back. When I come across people who are pissy about the doodles, it helps to admit that they are mixed breeds and that I wasn't so sure I like the idea, but then met one and fell in love.

   Don't know if anything I have said helps, or if I just babbled on a long time. But I thought I would throw in my two cents. As I WAS that person who poo pooed the doodles for a long time!

    Abbie

cat_clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I live in Doodle Central so thankfully, I don't have to deal with
that. By the same token, I also live in a place where people
probably get doodles BECAUSE they're called "designer dogs". By in
large I get a really positive reaction when I tell people he's a
labradoodle. However, some old man made a negative remark to me the
other day but I brushed it off.

Cooper is 6 months old and is fabulous! I'm so in love with this
little guy and everyone is amazed at how well behaved he is. In
fact, the vet remarked to another mutual friend that he was so calm
that she thought something was wrong with him. I'm happy to report
he's healthy but I guess she's seen a lot of high-strung doodles.

--- In labradoodles@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm coming up against it more and more and it's frustrating. I'm
on a
> general dog list and Labradoodles came up and no matter what I say
about Doodles
> in general or Farley, my Australian Multi-Gen, there is a
naysayer. It really
> gets my goat. The director of our local Humane Society wrote a
really nasty
> article about doodles that was in both the regular paper and the
HS
> newsletter. A doodle came through the shelter and she was going
on and on about how
> bad it is (ironically - she is the one who adopted it!). Most of
these
> people have had no or very limited contact with doodles anyway.
When my friend
> heard we were getting one she went on and on about how wild they
are, her
> neighbor had one and it was just horrible. When she met Farley
she was amazed and
> said he was nothing like her neighbor's dog, who was an F1 from a
backyard
> breeder with no knowledge of it's lineage or any health testing,
etc. Anyway,
> I just wish I had a really great comeback for people who feel
they need to
> say nasty things and think they know more than I do about my dog.
>
> ~Kelly~
>
>
> (http://www.tickerfactory.com/)
>
>
> (http://www.tickerfactory.com/)
>

Abigail S. Morrison

 

 Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. ~Thomas Jefferson~

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