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1. Animal Artwork & The Brat Said,

   Marketing gimmick used by scum to sell pups to ignorant idiots.
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2. mary_g71 Said,

   Saying: "now they have these gay names" is offensive and considered ‘hate speech’.

   I don’t care about names of cross bred dogs. You have to call them something.
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3. baree33090 Said,

   Yes, this subject has been positively raped in the dog section.

   It’s stupid. Honestly, even the sound of the words makes you seem like an idiot.
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4. Alexi Said,

   they make me think of byb’s. they’re stupid. anyone who thinks its "cute" to cross breed dogs and come up with names should be shot.
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5. Amanda Said,

   The "designer dog" fad is aggravating and baffling to me. A mutt is a mutt, silly name or not. There’s nothing wrong with mutts, so why people feel the need to slap goofy names on them and claim they are suddenly "real breeds" is beyond me. It’s as if they think the name has the magical power to transform a mutt into something it isn’t. What wrong with just calling a mutt/mix/mongrel what it is?

   You’re not going to find many here who disagree with you on this point. This is a much discussed topic in the Dog Section and 99% of the members here think the designer dog fad is more than a little ridiculous. About the only people who think it all makes perfect sense are the people who were scammed by a BYB into paying hundreds of dollars for a mutt they could have picked up for $50 at their local shelter, or the delusional BYBs who think they are pioneering new breeds by sticking dogs together completely at random and then naming the results.
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6. Lyndsay Said,

   I can’t stand them.

   If they were creating a new breed, one they intended on getting accepted into the kennel clubs, wouldn’t they give them a distinct new name?

   It just makes these byb pups sound cute, maybe making the breeders feel less guilty that most of them are going to end up in the dumpster behind the shelter.
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7. Ashley-Nicole Said,

   I agree with you 100%, it is so annoying. They are just mutts.
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8. Pink Teacup Pachyderm! Said,

   I personally think it should be illegal to use such scam names. Its "false advertising".. to market them as if they are actual recognized breeds.

   A mutt is a mutt is a mutt.. giving it a stupid name doesnt change that.
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9. jessie694a Said,

   They’re simply mutts, mixed breeds. I don’t know why we need them, there are already around 400 dog breeds in the world so it shouldn’t be a problem to find one which matches your lifestyle.
   I have two rescue dogs, one is a so called designer breed, I just don’t know if he’s a Chiweenie or a Doxiepin. He’s definitely part dapple dachshund and/or Chihuahua/Miniature Pinscher. He looks kind of unique and that’s probably why his former owners (nobody knows where he came from, a pound dog) purchased him. He’s black and tan with dapple markings and a blue and a brown eye.
   I fostered him first and then decided to keep him just because of his personality, his looks I rather find ugly. I’m more a terrier type person, westie, cairn, fox, irish, etc.
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10. Muffin [Kylie] Said,

    I think it’s stupid too. It makes me think of all the stupid people making more mutts in the world (I don’t hate mutts but I hate people that make more of them on purpose.), and the even stupider people that buy them thinking they’re getting a rare breed or something. The names are annoying too. Almost all of them have "poo" in it. -.-
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11. King Les The Lofty Said,

    [mary_g]:
    YOU might consider "gay names" to be hate-speech, but I consider usurpation of the good old word "gay" (meaning lighthearted, merry, carefree) even more hateful. If those 1-in-10 of the population who desire that designation dislike the accurate term so much they should invent a new word, not steal & distort an existing word.

    [M?]:
    Who cares?
    The people who seek out mutts with such twee names don’t yet know what either parental breed is about, so they wouldn’t be likely to pick a typical member of either parental breed anyway. They don’t yet know that you can’t predict how a mutt will develop physically & mentally, they are like the gormless inadequate twerps who keep asking in YA "What breed is right for me?" and "What name shall I call my pup?".
    Some of the people who get sucked in by twee names for mixed breeds do eventually learn. The others deserve what they end up with.

    But just as not all registered pure-breds are good, nor are all cross-breds bad.
    I nowadays refer to my childhood pets as Fockers, because they were first-crosses between a Fox Terrier and a hunting Cocker Spaniel. But at the time (1950 & 51) they were just "dogs", mongrels, no twee pretend-breed name needed. And although the first died of distemper, the second was VERY close to a GSD in behaviour, albeit not in size & appearance, and perfectly suited a young boy who had to bike 10 miles to find another person his age.

    As a retired teacher who shudders at what arrives by e-mail and what appears in YA, I know that teachers have FAR more urgent things to work on than educating the public about pretend-breed names!
    As a GSD breeder who shudders at seeing AlsatiOns, German Crouchers, NAmerican Ski-Slope Dogs, Prick-Eared Bassets, and Titanic Tail-Tuckers winning in rings that are supposed to contain only GSDs, I’m sticking to trying to educate GSD-seekers as to what is required for a pooch to be worthy of prizes as a GSD, worthy of being bred from (I’ve had the odd big argument with judges, too! But you can’t change a judge’s opinion). However, your question popped up straight after I’d saved my previous answer, so I’ve taken the time to tell you to pick battles in which winning might actually make a small difference.
    Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly
    "In GSDs" as of 1967
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12. Eva Said,

    Like most other people on here, I agree that these names are stupid and I cannot stand the names they come up with! It really aggravates me when I see people advertising ‘boxadors’ (it’s a lab/boxer mix!), cockapoo (it’s a cocker/poodle mix!), etc, etc! I hate those names! They are not breeds and the names they come up with are just ridiculous and stupid anyway!

    I have an akita and a maremma, maybe I should breed them and call the pups ‘makita’ or ‘akremma’ or something stupid like that??? Luckily I am more responsible as the maremmas desexed all ready (female) and the akita is having his nuts cracked (LOL) this Thursday! Which I can’t wait for because he is 9 months old and trying to mark everywhere on walks!

    Anyway, back to the question – those names are ridiculous, nonsense and the majority of those so-called breeds originated in puppy mills/farms, which nobody should be supporting! I am also certain that a lot of those dogs end up with plenty of hereditary problems being passed down from generation to generation due to heavy inbreeding (that’s right, it’s not just a problem with purebreds!) and irresponsible breeding by people who do not screen their dogs for health issues prior to breeding!
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13. ?Chigirl Said,

    Most of the names are rather silly, but I have better things to do than worry about it.
    A mutt is a mutt, but maybe some people like having a "name" for their mutt.
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14. Delta Blue Said,

    I personally don’t get why you would want to call your dogs something like a shipoo. It sounds stupid personally I don’t use designer names a mutts a mutt. I think if you were to be fair and wanted to use these names you should have to call every single mutt a made up name otherwise your being hypocritical why should you call a labrador/ poodle a labradoodle when you would call a doberman/ greyhound a doberman greyhound cross or simply a mutt.

    And then you get the I brought a pomchi and it looks like a mutt- allot of people seem to think these designer breeds have some sort of standard they don’t believe their mutts.

    I had two people in my grooming class ask me why the "labradoodle" I was grooming had long hair and I had to point out the fact it is crossed with a Labrador.
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15. SHOW BREEDERS SELL MUTANT PUPS. Said,

    pomchi is a mix right…purebreds breed names are the same as designer breed names…most breeds wasn’t even started in the united states…golden retrievers pomeranians german shepherd breeds were started in other countries…someday pomchi and the others will be right up there in the akc registery…i don’t see any difference in the names of purebreds now recognized by akc then the designer names that will be added later on…
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    pom breeder
    i get TDs by show breeders and Peta fans because i don’t breed by kennel club breed standards to parade around in a show ring for judges to get points ribbons or $50,000 best in show kennel club breed standards health>>>pom breeder
    i get TDs by show breeders and Peta fans because i don’t breed by kennel club breed standards to parade around in a show ring for judges to get points ribbons or $50,000 best in show kennel club breed standards health>>>http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7064046&nwltr=NL_topvideos_position2hed

16. BYBs Care For Money Not Dogs Said,

    I think the names they give designer dogs are ridiculous and the people that breed them disgusting.

    And NO, POMCHIS will never be AKC recognized, any more that cockapoos, labradoodles, etc will. What bloody difference does it make what the country of origin is for a purebred? The woman makes less and less sense every time she posts, and I didn’t think that was possible. REAL BREEDS were created over the centuries for a PURPOSE… think a POMCHI will get out there and herd cattle, pull a sled or point birds? HA!

    Think about THIS for a moment… MOST legitimate breed names TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE BREED, *not* just the 2 breeds that were used to create it.

    Gordon Setter- a setting dog originated by the Duke of Gordon
    Pointer- points birds
    German Shepherd- a dog from Germany that is used as a shepherd’s dog
    Newfoundland- tells country of origin
    Portuguese Water Dog- from Portugal, bred for water work
    Irish Terrier- Terrier= Earth dog, from Ireland

    See how that works?

    If ignorance is bliss, I know certain people that are probably as happy as a pig in mud…

    ADDED:
    Oops… I stand corrected. Newfies are not a breed I have studied extensively. See? I learned somethig today!

    But please don’t tell me that Labrador Retrievers are actually from Newfoundland…???
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    I *hate* PETA and I give TDs to ignorant BYBs that spew lies everywhere they go and spam with useless propaganda links that have nothing to ddo with the questions.

17. ?CHAO§? Fit and Healthy Bulldogs Said,

    I think they are idiotic, degrading names. They are just bastardized from the two different breeds that are in there (or so they say, who knows what else could be in there). A puggle is NOT a dog to begin with. A puggle is a baby echidna. These mutts will NEVER get AKC registration, because they will ALWAYS be mutts. Some of them are downright disgusting and vulgar also. (i.e cockapoo, shipoo, etc etc.)

    Bybs: One problem with you’re analogy of the Newfoundland, Newfoundlands are not from Newfoundland, they are from Labrador.

    Yes Labradors are from Newfoundland.
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18. Jonnie Comet Said,

    I think they’re really stupid too and invariably sound really childish, like a 6-yr-old made them up. The more intelligent way to name a crossbreed would be to blend the Latin terms for them into a new Latin compound and then derive an English word from the Latin. In effect it would establish a specific crossbreed as a new breed.

    I’m not hating the people but I do say that they’re taking an easy way out and sounding intellectually lazy into the bargain.
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    http://jonniecomet.blogspot.com/