Encounter with Angry Woman who HATES Goldendoodle

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

I apologize in advance for awful writing but I am enraged with what happened to me yesterday. I thought to share it and to see if other people have encountered any similar situations and what they did to deal with it.  

I am writing this to share a very strange experience with a very hateful woman I've had yesterday at the dog beach-Dunes Park at New Smyrna in FL.  What kind of person walks up to a stranger and starts a rampage about their dog's breed? I have a 5-month-old Goldendoodle puppy named Lucky, a pug, and a pomeranian. The pug and the pomeranian love the beach and so we thought it would be a nice way to introduce our puppy to the beach.

So here is EXACTLY what happened: I was minding my own business and playing in the ocean with my Pug and Pomeranian and trying to get my Goldendoodle to come into the water.  Along came this middle aged woman with a brown Husky. She asks if we had a Goldendoodle because he was really wet so it was hard to tell what he was.  I was having a hard time getting Lucky to come into the water because he was a little bit scared.   She says "Oh your dog probably doesn't have webbed feet and if he doesn't he won't like the water." She then commands me to look at his foot to look and he does have webbed feet.  And YES he has webbed feet!! Then she proceeds to tell me that Goldendoodles are not a breed. What I have is a mutt and with mutts they are very unpredictable. I said that he is an F1b Goldendoodle with 75% Poodle and 25% Golden Retriever and both breeds have webbed feet.  Then she says "people can call them whatever they want but at the end of the day your dog just isn't a breed and what you have is a mutt." I am pretty pissed at this point and wanted to leave but I let her finish because I didn't want to be rude. 

She goes on to tell me how unlike my dog, her dog is a SHOW dog from a well known Husky breeder with predictable traits.  Goldendoodles are not recognized by the AKC and they should NEVER be but that might change with the young generation.  She complains how the young generation is not well mannered (I'm in my late 20s btw). The young entitled generation, aka my generation, doesn't want to work (yes a common complaint against millennials *eye roll*).  We want a dog that doesn't shed and have that retriever sporty dog personality, but in the end, we don't have a breed.  People are trying to get Goldendoodles recognized by the AKC and trying to change traditions. Your generation is lazy and that's why you end up with mutts.

Why go up to a complete stranger and antagonize them when they are trying to have a nice day at the beach?  She finally tells me that she is a vet tech but proceeds on the tirade about mutts.  At that point, I finally got fed up and told her that what she said was offensive. I get no apologies and she becomes indignant. I told her to please leave.  She doesn't leave and sits 10 ft away from us and so I thought we should go.  As I get up to leave she tries to continue to yell at me she says "Opinions are like a******* and everyone has one."  

I've rescued all my dogs with the exception of the Goldendoodle, I felt kind of bad about that but this is plain cruel. I've also fostered of "mutts" from rescues but have NEVER received anything close to this kind of treatment!!  Have any of you dealt with this?  Thankfully I don't like in a small beach town and most of my neighbors love Lucky.  

What kind of psycho has this kind of serious discrimination against Goldendoodles? Why pick on a complete stranger? What should I do to prevent this from happening again?  I still want to go back to that beach because I am not going to let one person ruin a place I like. 

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

If you encounter her again be sure to find out what Vet she works at because you certainly don't want to ever go there and you can also let other people not to go there as well.

There are many stories on here where people have encountered Doodle haters.  I just like to think they are jealous, but bottom line everyone is entitled to their opinion, they just aren't entitled to be rude.  I normally just walk away when I realize they are headed down that path.  

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

"...bottom line everyone is entitled to their opinion, they just aren't entitled to be rude."

Exactly!!! 

[F, Calla & Luca]

This was awful but like with telemarketers the best thing you can do is not engage in any conversation.

[33bn7f8evnuyd]

My fiancé said the same thing but she was not hostile in the beginning of the conversation.

[Adina P]

I always say mine are half lab/half poodle.  But she was completely rude and needed to feel better by putting someone down, clearly. 

[Wendy and Myla]

Me too!  Then if they ask more questions and are really interested, I keep talking - otherwise we keep walking!  Myla is not interested in other people's opinions - she just wants to be loved by us!

[AndySharon BoomerShaynaMariner]

I would not waste my breath on this POS person.  Anybody that really loves dogs does not care what breed or mix they are.  Lucky is beautiful!!!

[Frank and Pippa]

A vet tech no less.. This person is pathetic.. For someone to take their time to spew canine racism... she needs a life

[33bn7f8evnuyd]

You are right! It really is like doggy racism. I have dogs because they are the only ones in my life that don't judge us.  Go figure... you have the nasty people who judge them.  

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

We try to get a feel as to what the person wants to know when they ask about our dogs.  We usually start with saying they are  poodle mixes and go further if the atmosphere is friendly.  And, frankly, we don't care if someone calls our dogs mutts - they are.  That being said, the woman had no business confronting you and then not leaving you alone.  I am with Karen in thinking she is mentally ill.  I think that the vet tech thing is one of her delusions.

We were eating outdoors with our dogs recently and this very crazy lady sat down with us and proceeded to tell us all of the things she had done etc -that she was an actress, owned a dog kennel, was homeless, owned and apartment building, rescued dogs, and on and on.  We couldn't wait to get away from her but we were stuck waiting to get our lunch and then eating it so we could take our dogs and rrruuuunnnn....

[Amy and Annabelle]

She was homeless and owned an apartment building, hmm, interesting. Several years ago my husband and I went to the Country Buffet(eh, don't judge). It was winter so we had our coats on the seats and our drinks were on the table. We come back from getting our food and there is an older woman sitting at our booth. I said I am sorry but this table is already taken, see our stuff here. She just sat there smiling at us. There was plenty of other seating for her. But no she just sat at our table and stared at us, smiling and wouldn't even engage us in conversation. We finally told her she could have the table, and we grabbed all of our stuff and went and found a different place to sit. She eventually left and walked out the door. Have no idea what that was all about. Maybe she wanted us to give her some food, I don't know, she would never talk to us or try to communicate in any way.

[Sam&Bella]

That reminds me of something you would see on "Criminal Minds"!