had my first "breeding offer" ugh!

I hate that you  have to be so guarded, but it sounds like you tried to educate the best you could.  Unfortunately so many people think the same way.   I have to admit that until the last 5 years or so, although we had rescues, I did not fully understand the urgency of the overpopulation problem.   Good for you to try to change the mind set of this person.  I guess that is how we do it, one person at a time.  My involvement in this forum has educated me and I try to reach out to others every chance I get.

How much of his offer do you think was flirting with you? Maybe he thought he'd flatter you by making that offer? A misguided attempt to get closer to you?

 I'm glad you were able to stay calm and try to set him straight.  Since I've had Ole I've had a couple people mention breeding him, and I'm very happy to say that he is a rescued dog and is neutered. I also give them stink-eye at the same time.

 I had someone offer, after watching Maggie bark at squirrels in my backyard, to match his treeing fiest with Maggie (Ah bet they'd make some great squirrel dogs).  Maggie, my spitz something mix, you understand. 

I suggested kindly that maybe it would be better to match his hunting dog to an actual hunting dog, so the puppies wouldn't be a disappointment. 

"Oh, no, I know they'd be good - my dog's won a bunch of trials!"  Okay, let's talk about genetics.  Not all the puppies will be like Daddy, in fact there's a good chance NONE of them will be, since it's an outcross. 

He persisted and I had to break it to him that Maggie was actually spayed.

I have this happen when I take Rex out.  He's a big Standard Poodle with unique coloring, and he's such a happy looking dog.  People are just drawn to him - they all want to 'feel his hair'.  And then I get all sorts of requests to use him for breeding, to all sorts of breeds.  Unreal.  I like to talk to people and try to educate them a bit, so I ask them about their own dogs and then I start bringing up things like genetic testing.  ,Most people don't even know what I'm talking about!    And who cares if they're a purebred of any quality - they're female, therefore we breed them, right?    I do try to educate as much as possible but I'm finding that I fight this general concensus is that if you have a poodle you need to breed it to some other breed to get a really cool doodle of some sort and make lots of money. 

Hey - maybe it's me.  Maybe I'm not taking advantage of a great thing here - anyone got some cool looking dog to breed with my poodle???     We can make some bucks!!!

Poodle lover lol, what am I thinking I could be rolling in the dough!  Thankfully I haven't seen this guy around again.  Maybe it was just an excuse to hit on me, but it was creepy and like I said I don't take kindly to random men talking to me anyway.  I got someone else who asked why I wouldn't breed and they were more just interested in my reasons - and it turned into a really great conversation.  Too bad their dog was older and not keen on puppies or I would have loved to set up a play date!   

Hey, you and poodle lover could call the pups Fladoodles!!