Ranting about horrible mix breeding between all animals no matter what the animal is

[HeatherKellyB]

There is nothing wrong with shelter dogs. It is not their fault that they are in there. Some are mutts and some are not. Each has had a run of bad luck and/or a worse owner that got them put there. Shelter dogs, most of them, need to go to a forever home. There is a big run on adopting dogs from China, India, Pakistan and other countries. Be aware that most of these dogs have not been properly vetted or vaccinated and been gotten into the country under the USDA radar. Dogs have been brought in that ended up developing rabies and there is now a new, Asian variety of Parvo, that has shown up on the West Coast. A strain that our puppy parvo vaccine does not work on. Also, for every dog you bring into the USA from a foreign country, a dog here in a shelter DIES because of it.

I have no issues with purebred dogs. Not all of them are ideal pets and some are terrible pets for the wrong people. These are some of the dumped dogs at shelters. Bad owner. Not bad dog. As for designer mutts, labradoodle, yorkipoo and whatever else you want to toss together, these dogs are $25 mutts. They are not worth anything and certainly not the thousands of dollars that gullible people spend on them. Used to be if you cranked out a litter of these, you quietly gave them away as an accident. Some clever person decided to market them and now, uneducated people are talked out of a lot of pocket money for an essentially worthless mutt. Some of the mutts also have serious problems that "breeders" of them deliberately do not tell you. A bad one is the Goldendoodle. Many of these dogs suffer from painful matts because of the mixed traits of the tight poodle hair and the long Golden fur. The matts form close to the body and the only way to free them from the dog is to shave it. Save the shelter dogs and buy purebred ones. Stop supporting the breeders of "Designer Dogs" who are in it only for a fast buck.

Poor doodles and poor groomers that have to deal with that doodle coat. Are you a groomer? So many people aren't aware of this and wonder why we groomers charge so much for grooming these dogs.

Edited to add that coming across the doodle owner that knows how to properly care for a doodle coat and does this proper care on a daily basis is like finding a needle in a haystack.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

If you can, you should get a shelter dog before you try to buy from a breeder

I have to say the opposite, the shelter is the LAST place to look for dogs. They often have many behavioral issues. Where as a breeder (talking about the good ones, not the the bellybuttons around) Often has nicer dogs that have a more even temperament.

 

[Peaches Lee]

Dogs have been brought in that ended up developing rabies and there is now a new, Asian variety of Parvo, that has shown up on the West Coast. A strain that our puppy parvo vaccine does not work on.

Yikes!

 

[Chickenslol]

I have to say the opposite, the shelter is the LAST place to look for dogs. They often have many behavioral issues. Where as a breeder (talking about the good ones, not the the bellybuttons around) Often has nicer dogs that have a more even temperament.

well everyone knows that you take a gamble with shelter dogs. But i don't see how a breeder can fix a temperament problem, some dogs will just not be as well behaved as others. You take the same gamble any way you look at it.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Thye don't fix it, but rather just don't create it.

 

[Goatlover223]

I have to say the opposite, the shelter is the LAST place to look for dogs. They often have many behavioral issues. Where as a breeder (talking about the good ones, not the the bellybuttons around) Often has nicer dogs that have a more even temperament.

Yes this is very true I’ve only gave one adoption dog a chance and it went horrible he was biting on my horses my goats my cattle and killed 23 of my chickens so he went straight back and he also attacked my 2 cats and 6 of the dogs I have!

 

[chickentrains]

I'd prefer to stay out of this, but since you tagged me.

Unless there is a reason to be mixing breeds, I do not agree.

There has been a increase of mix breed dogs being bred by back yard breeders, and puppy mills.

People breeding their dogs for a quick buck. I do not agree with this.

I prefer rescue dogs, or a well bred pure bred.

 

[chickentrains]

Thye don't fix it, but rather just don't create it.

Yep. They don't allow for behavior issues to be produced in their lines,

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

I don't really want to get involved in this, but with things like this I can't help but to share my opinions.

There is an overpopulation problem with dogs(and cats, etc). There are the few responsible breeders, and then the other ones who keep breeding more puppies. At the same time there are also a bunch of people who can't keep their dogs because of various reasons, and some are because the dog is problematic. (The problematic dogs csn end up in shelters. That is why it csn be risky.) Both these things keep making more and more dogs that need homes. So I think that you shouldn't support the breeding businesses when there are already so many ownerless animals. I support kill shelters (as long as the animals are kept in humane conditions), because with so many homeless dogs it is impossible to be able to find them all homes. I have bought from breeders before, and have nothing against people that do so. Although I think that if breeding stopped (PLEASE! IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDERS, STOP!), the population of those dogs in need of homes would decrease. The ideal thing would be that all irresponsible breeders be stopped and the good ones continue. ...but I don't know how that would work.

Yes, okay. That is probably extremely confusing and full of weird rambling. But... yeah.

 

[vintage]

I have to say the opposite, the shelter is the LAST place to look for dogs. They often have many behavioral issues. Where as a breeder (talking about the good ones, not the the bellybuttons around) Often has nicer dogs that have a more even temperament.

I don't agree. Our dog, a mutt (lab mix), was a "shelter dog" that we found as a puppy. Seven years later, he has been the BEST dog we could ever ask for. He has lived with a frumpy cat and a skittish bunny, and now chicks, with no issues at all, not a single one. Raised him with our children and when we added our youngest, it was perfection.

I worked for years at an upscale grooming "salon" and encountered many pure breds with poor temperaments. Or worst yet, the owners who liked the idea of a specific breed but did not put forth any effort to train their dog (or just, you know, BRUSH them). They wanted them to look gorgeous, would shell out the money ($100+ a week/bi-weekly,ect.) to keep them looking and smelling wonderful, but paid zero mind to how they were actually behaving.

The AKC has hundreds of rescues. If you google "AKC rescue", you can browse by breed, check out the link for Boxers. There are so many for adoption, it's a sad state. I will say, a reputable breeder has it's place in this world, but making blanket statements about breeders is discounting the plethora of pure bred dogs in rescues at this very moment. I know not all shelter dogs make a good companion for certain homes. It's all troubling for bleeding hearts, like me, who want to see all dogs live a full, productive, healthy and happy life.