What are the funniest things someone has ever said to you about your dogs?

• ron2 Posted : 7/18/2007 6:17:22 PM some one insist that our Husky/GSD mix was a wolf hybred.   The wife of one of my highschool mates adopted a dog years ago that she still has. She never knew what he was  because she got him at the shelter and they didn't know either. To me, he is plainly Husky/GSD, and a big one. And he has a wolfish look. Even though their dogs free - run on 15 acres, they still put a red pet collar on him so that surrounding people would know that he is a pet and not a wolf.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• paulaedwina Posted : 7/18/2007 6:48:07 PM 1. My experience: Someone once asked me if Yoshi (my rhodesian ridgeback) had had surgery (the ridge looked to them like a scar). I didn't laugh; they didn't know the breed. But I'd never had thought of the ridge as a big scar. 2. This one I laughed: On petfinder was a dog identified as a great dane boston terrier mix. HUH. Ya; harlequin great dane. Paula 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• losinsusan Posted : 7/18/2007 8:15:58 PM Same as Irish Setter Girl, if I had a dollar for every person who asked if Dublin was a Golden Retreiver I would be a rich lady by now.  First off they here me say his name is Dublin.  I think they need a geography lesson before they guess dog breeds!  And my favorite which is said to me at least once a day if not more is "your dog is so skinny" and "I thought Irish Setters have fringe".  He is skinny yes.  He is a puppy.  A lanky thin one at that...so what's your problem with that.  No ribs are showing.  He is all muscle.  Well exercised.  Setters don't get feathering till about a year.  Its is growing in nicely already at 6 months though.   Oh I just remembered someone today asked me if he is a Red Lab?  Labs don't come in red!!  Oy Vey! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Margaret Tyler Posted : 7/18/2007 8:50:42 PM Joey has an underbite.  Several times people have mimiced his underbite with their own mouth.  Several rude little children have said "Mommy, he's an ugly dog." A cousin of a friend insisted that Joey was mean because of his underbite. Some stranger insisted that he was a shnoodle.  I just kept nodding my head agreeing.  He kept insisting. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• polarexpress Posted : 7/18/2007 9:03:16 PM When Gizmo was a pup and still pretty spotty-looking we were asked if he was a Dalmation a bunch of times...but my favorite was the person who thought he was a German Shepherd crossed with something.   One woman took me to task for having a designer dog! [8D]. Um, he was "designed" in the 1800s...   And the town STILL has him down as a pointer mix[8|] because they apparently don't believe "German Shorthaired Pointer" is an actual breed.   The shorthair isn't the most popular breed in the US but its not like he's a Chinook or something![sm=smile.gif] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Bullymom Posted : 7/18/2007 9:38:48 PM "Australian Cattle dog mix". And then they say, "Oh, a DINGO!!!!" That has happened several times. That's too funny!  People can be so clueless!! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• mondayblues Posted : 7/18/2007 9:48:51 PM ORIGINAL: jojo the pogo Joey has an underbite.  Several times people have mimiced his underbite with their own mouth.  Several rude little children have said "Mommy, he's an ugly dog."   Wow. How rude. [:@] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Dani Fredrickson Posted : 7/18/2007 9:59:29 PM Maggie gets called a jack russel and a rat terrier all the time and when I tell them she is a fox terrier they are like a what?? Apperently fox terriers are an unheard of breed! I went onto a website for dogs for sale and they didn't have any fox terriers for sale! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Bawb2u Posted : 7/19/2007 12:41:18 AM I was informed by a "very knowledgeable" breeder that my dog doesn't even exist. It seems that there really are no such things as German Wirehaired Pointers, just German Shorthairs with "bad" coats. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Cita Posted : 7/19/2007 2:06:04 AM Sheesh, guys, you can be a perfectly good dog owner without an encyclopedic knowledge of breeds and their characteristics! Reading this thread makes me terrified of asking anyone what breed their dog is ever again. Heaven forbid I not automatically recognize a mini australian shepherd or a pharoah hound or a german shorthaired pointer! There have been tons of times when I've asked "Is your dog a ____?" only to find out I'm way off the mark. I never thought anyone would be offended, or mentally laughing at me. Asking is still a good way to learn, right? [] I've had Rascal called both a guinea pig and a rabbit. Those made me crack up. Okay, call him a chihuahua or a terrier or a mix or whatever you like, but at least get the species right! [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Meralee Crowl Posted : 7/19/2007 2:26:33 AM It's not so much the people asking the wrong breed, it's the people who sit there and argue with you about your dog's breed, or they claim superior knowledge for whatever reason. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• RidgebackGermansShep Posted : 7/19/2007 8:59:58 AM Paula- once someone asked me if Wyatt had surgery on his back too! I thought he was joking. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• 2shelties Posted : 7/19/2007 9:55:09 AM I get breed mix ups all the time, especially with my blue merle. I've heard Aussie, Aussie x Husky, Border Collie, and mini collie. That doesn't bother me, I think it's nice that they noticed my dog or that they are trying to make conversation. What bothers me is when I say, actually he's a sheltie, and they still want to argue with me, like I don't know what kind of dog I have. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sierra2002 Posted : 7/19/2007 10:01:51 AM Sierra's a mutt.. clearly. There's got to be more than just 2 breeds in her. I've had several people ask me if she's a Dingo.. [8|] And one stated that she "must be part Jack Russell". Yet another asked me if she was a Basenji. When I said she was a mutt, he seemed disappointed, and said "are you sure?" I think i'm just going to start agreeing with what they say. It seems to make them happier, and then they can go home and tell everyone, "I saw a dingo today!" Yep. I shipped her straight from Australia! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• paulaedwina Posted : 7/19/2007 10:03:19 AM She does look a bit basengi in the face. Paula 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login