Someday, I'm totally going to own a dog. Impossible for the moment, since my work hours basically would require me to totally delegate all dog-related duties to my wife, and that is a kind of responsibility-dumping that I only feel comfortable inflicting on my child (who is, for the moment, too young).
I'm a 'mutt' man myself. Can't stand the purebreeds. Too snooty. Too polished. "Legacy dogs," I call 'em. So imagine my chagrin to discover that mutts are all the rage among the well-to-do. Not any old mutt, of course. Only mutts with cute names need apply (Goldendoodles? Isn't that a breakfast cereal? Cockapoo? Isn't that a bird?). And only owners with a couple of G's to spend as well.
Pretty soon, I'm guessing we'll see the pound packed with abandoned Shih-tzus (isn't he a philosopher?) and Yorkies (isn't that a pudding?).
Just something to Schnoodle about (isn't that a traditional German dish?)
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Hey, go for an urban mix. See if you can get a "pit bull/poodle" mix (pitoodle?).
God only knows what it would look like, but you wouldn't call it ugly to it's face. It might eat you and/or pout.
Comment #1 :: link :: January 26, 2004 12:14 PMActually, I tend to think of poodles as vicious mean tempered dogs, and the large ones could actually do something.
As for purebreds at the pound, I have a friend who rescued 2 greyhounds. She seems pretty happy with them -- they're pretty well behaved but still interesting.
Comment #2 :: link :: January 26, 2004 11:11 PMActually, one summer in high school I part-timed at a vet's office, and it was the poodles I worried about.
Pit bulls are sweet unless badly abused. Any time I hear of a vicious one, I know that wrong member of the owner/pet relationship will be put down.
And I'm only half-way joking there....
Comment #3 :: link :: January 27, 2004 03:35 PM
