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We are looking for another dog and so have been scanning the papers etc, dogs that as far as I am concerned are mongrels, and no worse for being mongrels, are being sold for silly money.
Mongrels used to be pretty much given away, I have seen today germadoodles for £350, cockopoos for similar money and various other cross breeds (mongrels) all for several hundred pounds.
I know there are more important things to get twisted out of shape about, but to use a PH expression, this is boiling my piss.
Mongrels used to be pretty much given away, I have seen today germadoodles for £350, cockopoos for similar money and various other cross breeds (mongrels) all for several hundred pounds.
I know there are more important things to get twisted out of shape about, but to use a PH expression, this is boiling my piss.
Corpulent Tosser said:
We are looking for another dog and so have been scanning the papers etc, dogs that as far as I am concerned are mongrels, and no worse for being mongrels, are being sold for silly money.
Mongrels used to be pretty much given away, I have seen today germadoodles for £350, cockopoos for similar money and various other cross breeds (mongrels) all for several hundred pounds.
I know there are more important things to get twisted out of shape about, but to use a PH expression, this is boiling my piss.
The cockapoodles etc are seen as fashionable currently... for most people a mongrel is what you end up with when your dog runs away for 3 days and comes back pregnant. These dogs are being specifically bred... they're always going to command premium prices. Mongrels used to be pretty much given away, I have seen today germadoodles for £350, cockopoos for similar money and various other cross breeds (mongrels) all for several hundred pounds.
I know there are more important things to get twisted out of shape about, but to use a PH expression, this is boiling my piss.
Isn't there a difference between crossbreeding two specific pedigrees to create a new breed (eg: labradoodle) and a Mongrel which is two random mutts of no known lineage embarrassing their owners in the local park?
Either way... a dog is a dog, four legs a mouth and an arse... £1k or £40 from the rescue centre the end product is the same, silly furball that makes you laugh, eats and sts
Either way... a dog is a dog, four legs a mouth and an arse... £1k or £40 from the rescue centre the end product is the same, silly furball that makes you laugh, eats and sts
pad58 said:
I wish someone would create a Labrador that doesn't shed it's hair.
There is something along those lines but I forget the fancy name for them. Imagine a massive cavoodle the size of a lab. They don't shed. OP, I have been rescuing cockers for 7 long hard years. Don't get one of them. Too annoying.
I recommend that you look up your local rescue mobs and contact them. Some have the belief that charging a million dollars means that they go to good homes. Some of those people also pocket the change. If you're a lazy owner then I highly recommend a retired greyhound. They do nothing. Ever.
Some Gump said:
Sorry, but when e.g a cockapoo is bred pecifucally to be a ockapoo by desigh, it's not a mongrel - and i don't care what crufts says.
Most of the breeds we have are here by design, so designing a cockapoo is just an extention of that.
Bullst.Most of the breeds we have are here by design, so designing a cockapoo is just an extention of that.
cross between a bulldog and a stzu.
Some Gump said:
Sorry, but when e.g a cockapoo is bred pecifucally to be a ockapoo by desigh, it's not a mongrel - and i don't care what crufts says.
Most of the breeds we have are here by design, so designing a cockapoo is just an extention of that.
Until recognised by the KC as a pedigree, it's a mongrel.Most of the breeds we have are here by design, so designing a cockapoo is just an extention of that.
I'd rather have a mongrel than a 'pure breed': http://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29...
Forget the over priced fashion accessories in the paper and go and visit your local rescue centre.
Forget the over priced fashion accessories in the paper and go and visit your local rescue centre.
mjb1 said:
I'd rather have a mongrel than a 'pure breed': http://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29...
Forget the over priced fashion accessories in the paper and go and visit your local rescue centre.
Been to a rescue centre lately ? Unless you want some chavs abandoned Staffy you might struggle to find a suitable dog. This is the reason that for the first time in my life I bought a dog from a breeder.Forget the over priced fashion accessories in the paper and go and visit your local rescue centre.
mjb1 said:
I'd rather have a mongrel than a 'pure breed': http://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29...
Forget the over priced fashion accessories in the paper and go and visit your local rescue centre.
Been to a rescue centre lately ? Unless you want some chavs abandoned Staffy you might struggle to find a suitable dog. This is the reason that for the first time in my life I bought a dog from a breeder.Forget the over priced fashion accessories in the paper and go and visit your local rescue centre.
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