My sister just got a chug! It's the cutest dog ever!

For me the issue is not whether or not the OP said she thought a particular breed was ugly or not, thats thier opinion.   While I personally don't feel any dog is ugly, every person is entitled to feel how they feel.  What I do take issue with is the whole mixed breed trying to pass off as a "new breed" thing.  [:@] Can't stand it.  Chewbecca got it right on the money, dogs are not science experiments.

What happened to the days of just being happy that someone is excited about their new puppy... and accepting the fact that not everyone cares for certain breeds?

 
It went out the window when the OP is spaming the forum with a site to sell puppies. I deleted the link and removed the other post promoting the general site not a specific puppy that the "sister got"

Tashmoo posted the cutest picture of a chihuahua I have ever seen. [] Just looks like she's up to something.
 
Christina

ORIGINAL: chewbecca

Oh come on!
It's not even *her* dog.
I'm going to be a jerk here, and have to stick by what I said about the creation of a new *breed*.

I got on my friend who wanted to breed her pug to a beagle to make "puggles".
Quite making dogs without a purpose! They're not science experiments!
Stop it.

At one point all breeds started out as mixes... did they not? I'm not condoning purposely breeding mixed breeds today inorder to make money, which is why so many people do it.... but really, would you have had the same attitude 100 years ago when Joe Blow was in his backyard breeding dogs that would eventually become a very popluar, socially acceptable breed today?
I agree that there are millions of dogs in shelters that need homes, and that should be the first place someone looks. But shelter dogs aren't for everyone and that's a reality we all have to accept.
And on to my next question... what IS the purpose of most of our dogs today? Am I correct in assuming their MAIN purpose is to make US happy? And isn't that what we expect our dogs to do? Isn't that what we look for when we go out to purchase or adopt our new dogs.. something that will make us happy? And isn't that what her sister's new puppy has done? So.... it does serve a purpose, and thus far, appears to be doing it quite well.

ORIGINAL: mehpenn

ORIGINAL: chewbecca

Oh come on!
It's not even *her* dog.
I'm going to be a jerk here, and have to stick by what I said about the creation of a new *breed*.

I got on my friend who wanted to breed her pug to a beagle to make "puggles".
Quite making dogs without a purpose! They're not science experiments!
Stop it.

At one point all breeds started out as mixes... did they not? I'm not condoning purposely breeding mixed breeds today inorder to make money, which is why so many people do it.... but really, would you have had the same attitude 100 years ago when Joe Blow was in his backyard breeding dogs that would eventually become a very popluar, socially acceptable breed today?
I agree that there are millions of dogs in shelters that need homes, and that should be the first place someone looks. But shelter dogs aren't for everyone and that's a reality we all have to accept.
And on to my next question... what IS the purpose of most of our dogs today? Am I correct in assuming their MAIN purpose is to make US happy? And isn't that what we expect our dogs to do? Isn't that what we look for when we go out to purchase or adopt our new dogs.. something that will make us happy? And isn't that what her sister's new puppy has done? So.... it does serve a purpose, and thus far, appears to be doing it quite well.

Whatever. FINE. I'm happy for your sister and her new dog.

I'm not going to argue this, even though I DO have an arguable point.
When most breeds were created, they were created with a purpose other than being cute and friendly. MOST.
Plus, back then there weren't as many dogs roaming around.

Thank you Christina - she is usually up to something, she's quite a character.  and she is a shelter dog too, came into our shelter after being hit by a car, so she had to have a back leg amputated. 

You know what?  There are breeds that I consider less than pretty...borderline ugly.....but I sure am not going to post "such and such a dog has an ugly face".  I'm not going to post that someone's dog is out of control and rude just because of their size, or because they have a full tail.
 
I personally don't care for the tiny little dogs.  They make me nervous.  I think I'd break them and they just seem FAR too fragile to me.  My niece had a cute little chi, and that dog  and she was CONSTANTLY under my feet and tripping me.....
 
However, I'm not going to get on a public forum and say out loud that such and such a dog is ugly, undesireable or whatever.  That's just flat rude.
 
And Jaime is right....we were getting spammed.

Also not pleased here about the insinuations made about large breed dogs. I'm a little sensitive on that count because I've got a 95-pounder who is just a gentle, calm, laid-back baby and it burns me up when people imply that only tiny dogs make good companions. Yeah, I have a bit of a bug up my butt about that.
 
I volunteer in an animal shelter and the small dogs go like hotcakes, but these sweet, wonderful larger dogs just languish forever (and heaven forfend they also be black!) because everyone now needs to have itty bitty dogs so they don't actually have to train them or put any effort into them (which is just a fallacy right there). Oh, you don't have to walk small dogs. And you don't have to train them because even when they're ridiculously aggressive and bite people and other dogs, it doesn't actually hurt. It's cute! And when you fail to housetrain them, well, it's no big deal because their wee-wee is just a little droplet.
 
Designer mutts aside, that was just rude to suggest that large dogs are all poorly behaved by definition. Right along with it being rude to call another breed of dog ugly in a forum where there's bound to be a fancier of that breed.

ORIGINAL: houndlove

Designer mutts aside, that was just rude to suggest that large dogs are all poorly behaved by definition. Right along with it being rude to call another breed of dog ugly in a forum where there's bound to be a fancier of that breed.

I have TWO large dogs... a black lab and a GSD... but her comment did not offend me. I know lots of large dogs that are poorly behaved... and I know lots of small dogs that are poorly behaved. Unfortunately it IS easier to overlook the small devils, as they can't knock you over, etc...
I think it just tells us that she's not been around well behaved dogs... not that ALL large dogs are misbehaved.  it amazes me that so many people got bent out of shape because of her ignorance.

Once the OP was read... I determined it was all to advertise this "breed". (Mutt)
 
All the comments were probably not from personal experience, she/he just wanted to make her/his site look better by putting other dogs down.
 
And one last thing... Sasha wipes everything off the table! So there []  No cups allowed. Just a happygolucky 2.5 yr old german shepherd that thinks she's still 10 weeks old.

ORIGINAL: mehpenn
At one point all breeds started out as mixes... did they not? I'm not condoning purposely breeding mixed breeds today inorder to make money, which is why so many people do it.... but really, would you have had the same attitude 100 years ago when Joe Blow was in his backyard breeding dogs that would eventually become a very popluar, socially acceptable breed today?
I agree that there are millions of dogs in shelters that need homes, and that should be the first place someone looks. But shelter dogs aren't for everyone and that's a reality we all have to accept.
And on to my next question... what IS the purpose of most of our dogs today? Am I correct in assuming their MAIN purpose is to make US happy? And isn't that what we expect our dogs to do? Isn't that what we look for when we go out to purchase or adopt our new dogs.. something that will make us happy? And isn't that what her sister's new puppy has done? So.... it does serve a purpose, and thus far, appears to be doing it quite well.

 
At one point all breeds started out as mixes, bred to fulfill a specific job for which there was not currently a suitible breed.  Joe Blow did not sit in his back yard crossing any two cute dogs he could get his hands on and selling them for $1000 each.  He was breeding two proven working dogs that had shown such aptitude for their job they deserved to pass on their genes.  There's a difference between breeding dogs to work and breeding dogs to sell. 

Not ALL breeds were bred from working dogs... and several breeds were bred for "pets" to obtain certain dersired characteristics of it breed parent.  I do not agree or condone byb for money... but lets all understand that for some people, that's what they need or want and we should not be judging. If someone wants to pay their own hard earned money for a mixed breed dog, that's their business.. We should all realize and accept that as many shelter dogs are out there, they're not for everyone. It would be an ideal world for everyone to adopt their family pets from their local shelter, but unfortunately that's not reality now, never has been and never will be. But just because someone doesn't want to adopt from a shelter for whatever reason, and doesn't want a "purebred" dog, or would rather chance what they get with a "designer" puppy is their own business.

If someone wants to pay their own hard earned money for a mixed breed dog, that's their business.. what they get with a "designer" puppy is their own business.

Actually, that isn't really true, especially when you consider that the only people breeding these dogs are usually the puppy mills and the byb's who are only in it for the money, and who do the kind of irresponsible breeding you say you are against. JMHO

Well, I'll say one thing, they sure are interesting little doggies....
[linkhttp://dogbreedinfo.com/chug.htm]http://dogbreedinfo.com/chug.htm[/link]

Thanks for the info and picture, but I think I'll stick with my pug and he DOES NOT slobber!!!