meilani
Posted : 5/2/2006 2:15:08 PM
Hey guys, I'm dead serious about that. I honestly believe that if they were to give them fancy names and jack up the price, people would be beating the hell out of each other for a shelter dog. I got into many debates with people who purchased Labradoodles, Schnoodles and the like and told them that they could've adopted at Labrador/Poodle mix or a Schnauzer/Poodle mix for a fraction of the price. Every one of those people told me "It's not the same thing" yet couldn't really tell me what the difference is. As far as I'm concerned, unless these dogs were responsibly bred(such as using quality stock, doing health testing and working to create a new breed) the differences are one costs $75 and you're saving a life and the other costs $2000 and you've given someone even more incentive to bring more poorly bred dogs into this world.