Anybody ever had their Doodle called a Mutt?

[Joy Williams]

I was just at Petsmart and a lady was walking across the parking lot with a beautiful Golden Retriever. She stopped me and asked me some questions about my car, as she is thinking of getting one. She said she is a Breeder and was questioning whether a crate would fit in the back seat or not. She asked if I had a dog and when I told her I had 2 Golden Doodles, she rolled her eyes,turned up her nose and made an awful face. "Why would anyone ever consider paying that much money for a Mutt!! That's all they are ya know...mutts." And she went on and on about GD's and all kinds of negative things about them. She made me so mad, I think if she had not had the Golden Retriever standing there beside her, I probably would have run over her.

[Adina P]

Isn't it ridiculous? Nobody would ever call a shelter mutt "just a mutt" but because someone is actually making money (smartly so!) breeding mixes on purpose the purists get snobby. So far I've had none of that said to my face.... Even at our Kennel Club (pure breed club) meetings I smile and proudly tell everyone I have two labradoodles and a border collie. They've all met and love Rosco so they can't say anything to my face =) I've had some bad stuff said via email or in non-doodle discussion forums. But their arguments are ridiculous.

Yes my two are mutts...but a "mutt" is not a bad thing.

I think it's incredibly difficult for pure breed breeders to wrap their minds around the purposefully bred mixed breed dog. It's just an incredibly huge leap and paradigm shift. It doesn't make sense to them. And there are some concerns they have that are justified. But none of their arguments are very good or convincing.

When people ask me what Rosco or Thule is...I tend to go back and forth between "half lab-half poodle" and "labradoodle" -- depends on how well I know/trust the person =)

[Joy Williams]

I know, I'm the same way. Somehow, if you say they are a Golden Retriever mix, that's okay, but when you say Golden Doodle, you either get, "What is a Golden Doodle?" or a strange look. All the dogs I've ever had in my whole life have been a mix of something. And they've all been (with the exception of one) wonderful dogs. And you're right, a mutt is NOT a bad thing! It just made me so mad the way she said it, like they were trash or something.

[Adina P]

I once heard a quote by Winston Churchhill. Apparently some woman accused him "sir you're drunk!" and he responded with "and you're ugly but tomorrow I'll be sober!"

So we need to come up with something like that as a come back depending upon how rude the mutt-hater is ;-)

Well...not really. Being rude back doesn't help, but it feels good!

[Joy Williams]

Good one Adina!! I've thought of several things I should have said to her since then, but of course I didn't. Guess i was so mad I couldn't even think straight.

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Yes, it does!!

[Joy Williams]

Ann, I wish you had been with me b/c she started bad mouthing the Doodle breeders as well. Saying how most breeders won't even sell their dogs to Doodle breeders

[Tante & Jordan & now Annie!]

My Mom Breed Standard Poodles in the 80s, Jordan changed her mind.
Now she wants one. Her Breeder friends thinks she is crazy. ( well I am crazy) I think that is why she wants me to bring Jordan to Wisconsin, just so she can show her old friends how great Jordan is.

[Belinda Stevens]

Did you get her license plate number????? Name...anything? Just discribe her to me. Call Stella's sisters a mutt will she.....

[Joy Williams]

I wish I'd thought about it, but I was shaking so bad, I figured I better get out of there before I really did something I would regret. Too bad Stella, Morgan and Maddie weren't along, they could have taken care of her and her purebred Golden...

[Kate]

I took my two mini labradoodles to obedience classes last spring. Right after the class, there was some kind of handling or dog showing class for people who were interested in showing their purebred dogs. So, when we walked out of the obedience classroom with our dogs, we had to run the gauntlet of purebred dogs with their owners. I was amused to see that the dogs leaving the obedience class (mostly mixed breeds) were much better behaved than the fancy showdogs, who were going nuts barking and pulling their owners around--their owners were pretty ineffective in getting them to behave. Of course, Penny and Rudy were the stars of the obedience class anyway. I was not so amused when one night, one of those very snobby purebred dog people (the type you had your run-in with) stopped us and made a whole series of negative remarks about Penny and Rudy--not believing what they were (pretty much called me a liar, in fact), critical of their appearance and grooming, etc. etc. She was so obnoxious that she embarrassed some of the other purebred dog owners who overheard her. It must be something about the culture. This woman was a self-appointed expert. I ran into the same type when I once showed my cats (turned out the cats hated the cat show, and although there were plenty of nice people there were also some of the obnoxious ones, so I decided cat shows were not for us).

[Tamara & Giada]

Yes, I did come across someone at our art festival, that said she would NEVER spend money on a mutt!! I told her that there were only a few pure breed dogs, that they all came form somewhere, and she should do her research before being so critical.

I recently came across this too, it shows how critial people our of the breed...........

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080430112728AAo2wo0

[Casandra, "Scampy" & "Smooch"]

WOW...I really wish you hadn't have posted that link! ~lol~ I felt absolutely SICK after reading all the s*** on there!!!! obviously none of those people have met a doodle to see that the standard is VERY consistent and it could easily become a CKC or AKC purebred breed...WOW is all I can say!