ripped off ,or what?

[riohog 5,707]

was up in the village this morning , at the shop , a woman as just coming out of the shop with , a very small youn g pup , looked abit like a yorki type very small and wooly , she said hello , do you like my new pup , yes i said very nice , being polite , what is it , i asked . well i nearly pissed myself when she said

 

its a cocka poo oh yes i said very nice ,, very expensive she said ok .. she said it was £600 at this i couldnt hold back and started laughing ,,yes she said these dont shed there coat you know well you can imagine what i was thinking , untill she said .. yes we did ok with it , its a bitch , we really wanted a dog ,but the breeder wanted £800 for that . i just walked off at that .cocker....... x poodle mongrel

 

and we winge at the price of a running dog ffs !!!!

Edited June 20, 2010 by riohog

[YOKEL 2,244]

This seems to be the latest craze, cross breeding, then giving the resulting pups a fancy name, then selling them on for large sums. seen beagle x russles, bichon frieze x king charles spaniels, labra f*****g doodles...the list is endless, all making £500 + a pup. in my day they were 2 bob mutts...ho hum.

Yokel

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

That's how much they go for mate canny daft lyk they go for more money than pedagree dogs all they are is mongrels lol

[poacher3161 1,766]

Too daft to laugh at so the snobbery of owning a pedigree dog like this must be dieing out i bet the kennel club arnt to pleased as cross breds wont bring them registration fees in plus it must fair better for some of these breeds to be crossed to produce hybrid vigour their fore makeing a better pet thats not up at the vets every week but the silly prices for them wat can you say

 

 

[riohog 5,707]

Too daft to laugh at so the snobbery of owning a pedigree dog like this must be dieing out i bet the kennel club arnt to pleased as cross breds wont bring them registration fees in plus it must fair better for some of these breeds to be crossed to produce hybrid vigour their fore makeing a better pet thats not up at the vets every week but the silly prices for them wat can you say

just another marketing ploy poach to sell to the folk that think there getting somethig special !!! at the top price ....fashion accessory !! cant get those prices for the pure bred reg

 

dogs

[chimp 299]

i noticed someone has written a book on 'labradoodles'

[stroller 341]

tell me about it i have a labradoodle and a golden doodle, £500 and £600 each respectively . But by buying them i was allowed two lurchers without any fuss as the missus wanted them and at the end of the day they are worth what people will pay for them.

 

Labradoodles goldendoodles cockapoos etc do shed there coats and arent allergen free, the former two are fairly large to medium dogs with loads of energy and working potential, and as a result they are also joining lurchers in rescue centres as people dont realise that these big mongrels take a lot of looking after.

 

There is now a rescue society for these crosses and my family have rescued and fostered a fair few dogs before the society has re homed them,

 

 

This is Bob the labradoodle retrieving at a game fair last year he is a brilliant big intelligent dog and by far the best dog ive owned.

 

 

and the blonde one is betty and one of the best game finding dogs ive had if her head will fit in a bush she is in and working, unfortunately she is white which means a weekly bath.She isnt as responsive as bob and tends to work for herself rather than me but she has been warned by the missus to be a good girl.

 

Rio hog mate its horses for courses, live and let live, etc etc some people would think your mad for importing a strain of saluki from abroad and the costs involved. at harewood i was talking to a guy with a rare long haired pointer that he had brought from germany part trained and was sending back to be fully trained at the cost of 1000s of euros, i thought it was a bit excessive and the dog isnt a recognised breed officially a mongrel but hey it isnt stopping either of you spending your money.

[Helen 2]

These non shedding dogs its a load of crap. The hair still falls out it just stays on the dog as does a Poodles, if you don't brush them it felts up into an absolute mess that won't brush out. I'm sure there are some nice Labradoodles out there but all the ones I've met are hyperactive and not a patch on a pure bred Poodle or Labrador. The price of some of them you could buy a Lab and a Poodle for the cost of one Labradoodle pup!

[riohog 5,707]

stroller exactly mate . it wont effect me atall .but just felt that the sales pitch of not shedding there coats and so on does not justify those kind of figures but hey if you wont one yes you are right choices . !!!

[steveS.Yorks 161]

Well i kind of like the look of Bob,mayebe as someone said earlier it could be better health wise to have a cross?

 

Maybe breeding lab/poodles as gundogs could be a good idea? I dont really care whats in my dogs as long as they do a reasonable job of it,recently made up my mind i wouldnt have another purebred dog,bitsa's from now on.

[stroller 341]

Helen you are absolutely correct about there coats its a myth, the last pup we rescued had been sold on that basis to a woman who suffered badly with eczema when i went to pick the pup up she was absolutely distraught that it had to go but her face hands and arms were weeping with open cracks the eczema had flaired up in response to the pup.

 

They are no more hyper than border collies or some of the pointer breeds and certainly no more active than my kelpie x grew. i know a lot of people with poodle crosses now through the society. and really no 2 dogs look alike but they all need socialising and training to get the best out of them. as for the price well if they were cheaper maybe we would be seeing more of them in rescue centers? i really dont know, its a craze just like bull xs, dogue de bordeauxs, american bulldogs, presa canarios, the list is endless. dogs unfortunately become a status symbol for people who crave self worth and adoration and get it through their dogs.

 

My missus bought bob cos she wanted a cuddly disney dog how wrong was she!!! he is a big powerful dog so even her perception was wrong however we saw his potential and i wouldnt swap him for any money.

[its ma baw 51]

was up in the village this morning , at the shop , a woman as just coming out of the shop with , a very small youn g pup , looked abit like a yorki type very small and wooly , she said hello , do you like my new pup , yes i said very nice , being polite , what is it , i asked . well i nearly pissed myself when she said

 

its a cocka poo oh yes i said very nice ,, very expensive she said ok .. she said it was £600 at this i couldnt hold back and started laughing ,,yes she said these dont shed there coat you know well you can imagine what i was thinking , untill she said .. yes we did ok with it , its a bitch , we really wanted a dog ,but the breeder wanted £800 for that . i just walked off at that .cocker....... x poodle mongrel

 

and we winge at the price of a running dog ffs !!!!

 

 

Aye aye....... but will it catch a hare on the fens in January, thats what I want to know????

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

see im blunt i would have told her what i thought of her horrible little overpriced ankle biter

[Helen 2]

Your dogs are very lucky to end up in a home were they are worked and occupied. We see a lot of these dogs that come in to be trained that have gone to the wrong home and ended up in rescue or worse. The last woman who came along with a Labradoodle bought it because she wanted a dog that was not aggresive to other dogs and had been told the Poodle cross would ensure this! I know several Poodles who love a good scrap lol her dog was dog aggresive.

[riohog 5,707]

was up in the village this morning , at the shop , a woman as just coming out of the shop with , a very small youn g pup , looked abit like a yorki type very small and wooly , she said hello , do you like my new pup , yes i said very nice , being polite , what is it , i asked . well i nearly pissed myself when she said

 

its a cocka poo oh yes i said very nice ,, very expensive she said ok .. she said it was £600 at this i couldnt hold back and started laughing ,,yes she said these dont shed there coat you know well you can imagine what i was thinking , untill she said .. yes we did ok with it , its a bitch , we really wanted a dog ,but the breeder wanted £800 for that . i just walked off at that .cocker....... x poodle mongrel

 

and we winge at the price of a running dog ffs !!!!

 

 

Aye aye....... but will it catch a hare on the fens in January, thats what I want to know????

best ask the owner hey she might even match with you and shepp