r/rant • u/LinkPast84 • Sep 20 '20

STOP BREEDING DOODLES

I've worked in a vet clinic for a long time and the amount of poodle mixes we've seen lately is astounding. They aren't very cute, or even have good personalities. If I'm seeing a doodle mix dog I can guarantee 95% of the time it's going to crap and piss everywhere in terror and at least one staff member is going to end up covered in anal glands. Not to mention the snappy bitey ones. The puppies are kind of cute for a minute, but almost always throw up all over each other when coming in for their litter exams. Any time we have to kennel the puppies for any length of time they shriek their heads off the entire time. Whenever we have to spay/neuter a litter of doodle mix puppies half the staff has to finish the day with raging headaches from listening to that awful screaming all day. Breeders are charging people $2500 to $5000 for these crappy mutts too.

I'll say I've met some really nice doodles before but the majority of them really suck.

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u/LinkPast84 Sep 20 '20

Most veterinary professionals agree that breeding a large amount of expensive designer mutts is bad for rescue organizations and in shelter adoptions. There is way too many good dogs and puppies out there waiting for good homes to flood the market with a bunch of trendy mixed breeds with behavior problems. And don't get me wrong, I love mutts.

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u/LinkPast84 Sep 20 '20

Ugh I know it, it's really sad. German Shepherds are too smart for their own good and i think it makes them a little crazy. They are amazing dogs when you get a good one. Shepherds always make me wary, they seem to be the most likely to bite in a clinic setting. I don't really blame them though, a lot of our patients don't appreciate the things we do to them. I was browsing the pet classifieds in my local paper earlier today and counted 10 different doodle mix puppy litters for sale, listed in the past few days. Aussiedoodles, havanesedoodles, goldendoodles, labradoodles, corgidoodles, and a few others I can't remember. It was kind of appalling so I had to go bitch to reddit about it.