Insight needed into Pure Breed Only people.

[Jennifer and Jack]

I am seriously looking for insight because I don't understand......I met a girl online who is a friends sister... We met because of a fund raiser my friend have done for me to help with medical costs for me going to CO.... ( only saying that because she donated money to me that I now feel obligated to give back to her) since I make "her sick by owning a doodle"

I don't particularly care if people like doodle's or not.. I am not one of those people who has to change the minds of other people....

Anyway she is a die hard animal lover..which I totally respect and think it great.. The world can't have enough animal lovers as far as I am concerned... She has three Labrador Retrievers.. Apparently they are the only good dog on the planet.. or other pure breeds are okay but "doodles are an abomination"

Now we had been talking back and fourth, sharing ideas and information..She is a CF carrier, so she doesn't have the disease but carries the gene.... all was going great until she posted that article.. that has been posted on here already and is not a big deal.. It is the guy who thought of creating the Labra-doodle ...the article where he states he is sorry he ever did it because people have gone crazy with it..... making false claims etc.. Most of us have read it and most of us I think agree with it.. It is not right to make claims that they are hypo-allergenic etc...

So when she posted the article... that is when I told her I have a golden doodle.. That I agree with a lot of the article that back yard breeders shouldn't be breeding etc... I commented on how DRC has so many dogs because of false promises from breeders.. I felt like I was fair about the article but that if people wanted one, knowing full well what they were getting into, what harm is it. It isn't like she only adopts shelter dogs and if she did I would understand her point more..but she is buying from a breeder too.

 She called Jack all kinds of names etc.. Jack's feeling's are not hurt LOL but seriously....

Is this common among pure breed dog owners, they think there breed is the only breed that is good? I certainly don't think that about doodles.. I certainly am aware they are mixed dogs considered mutts at this point... I don't care.. Jack doesn't care... 

I get the point about false claims with them and I told her so... Now when she makes posts with questions she says Labrador retriever owners only please answer .. It is laughable

I love all dogs... seriously .. kick me off DK if you want :) but I am pretty sure any dog that was placed in my home I would fall madly in love with....  I do love doodles.. I think they are very, very cute, probably the cutest dog in the world.. 

[Jennifer and Jack]

Thank you for sharing!  

[Cathy, Fozzie & Shaggy]

Jennifer, I feel I owe you an apology for hijacking your post :-(  That was surely not my intent!!  Unfortunately, my frustration on the topic came gushing out.  I will curb my fingers in the future.  Sorry!!

[Jennifer and Jack]

NOT At all Cathy.. it was all open for discussion. I love different perspectives.. learning new things and where people are at.. Never curb your fingers with a post that I made unless of course you are calling my dog an abomination... LOL 

Please share your perspectives.. It is good to learn and thank you for sharing what you did.  I very much appreciate breeders who do not reproduce dogs that have known health problems or crap lineage..

[Cathy, Fozzie & Shaggy]

Jack, an abomination....seriously!??  That's just crazy! 

Thanks!

[Jennifer and Jack]

LOL all 19 tubby pounds of him!!! That's okay I shield him from the internet..LOL  Seriously... you can say what you want.. It won't change a thing for me, now should one person even slightly do something in the presence of my dog and you will see a different side of me you have never seen.

Like the little boy who kicked MY fence when Jack barked at him for teasing him.. All the kid did was kick the fence where Jack was and you never have seen me run through the back of my yard so fast to put that child in his place.. and I was pissed...

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

I don't think you can be a true dog lover and call a mixed breed an "abomination!" And I don't know of anyone who has met a doodle first hand and not been charmed by them. I prefer to think of them as working dogs because their temperaments make so many of them excellent for therapy and service dog work. While there is a valid point to be made about hot trends, hype, and unscrupulous breeders capitalizing on poorly bred dogs for profit, that does not happen only in the world of doodles.  I think our dogs are the best ambassadors for themselves :)

[Jennifer and Jack]

I agree, I should say she was a true Labrador lover.. People are people.. too bad her loss for real.. but even sadder is that she will go through life and miss out on a lot of things that could have been really amazing.

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

Very interesting to hear from April and Ginny from the breeders perspective on this subject. Something that I have been wondering about. If I was thinking of breeding doodles (I'm not) then who would sell me a really great health tested Poodle and or GR ? If I had bred a wonderful potential sire/dam I might not want it used to dilute the breed. I think of this when I look at doodle breeders and wonder how they managed to get started with the best dogs?

Ps I adore doodles and couldn't bear anyone making disparaging remarks about them. So far I've only received nice comments but of course I haven't been around pedigree breeders!

[BG and Gavin]

Nicky I think about this too and will be interested to hear what April says about this.

[April Cliber]

The answer is different for every breeder.  Some didn't disclose that they were going to use the dog for breeding doodles..... 

I honestly didn't have that hard of a time getting a breeder to sell to me.  My Kennedy, (foundation English girl)  came from a well known and respected golden breeder.  I was upfront and told her I was a doodle breeder.  I also told her she would forever be mine and would live a pampered life as a house dog.  I had to pay a very hefty price for her, but as long as I didn't publically disclose her kennel name, she was willing to sell to me.  I've kept in contact with her through the years and even sent her a picture of Kennedy with her great grandbaby, a multigen goldendoodle.  

 

I bought my other golden girls from golden breeders as well.  What I found is that for the right price, many are willing to sell to doodle breeders.  One of them I bought from even has a poodle and "secretly" breeds a couple litters of doodles a year.  This cracked me up!

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

"What I found is that for the right price", isn't that sort of like the pot calling the kettle black!  Price is their biggest complain about "doodles"!  Things that make you go hum .....................

[April Cliber]

Yep!  But remember the breeders I've worked with aren't the really mean ones that hate doodles and doodle breeders.  They merely tolerate us. :)