Comments on: This Week in F–k You: Labradoodle Owners

By: rivergirl

rivergirl — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:24:55 +0000

This article is very very funny. I especially loved the part about the “group photos.” I have to tell you though- I do raise and sell labradoodle puppies. :) And this is still very funny. But I want you to know, that the really wonderful thing about the labradoodle is that it attracts the nicest- honest- nicest families. I intentionally don’t sell my dogs for a thousand dollars+ so I tend to sell my dogs to middle income families who love dogs and want a dog that is an excellent family companion. Honestly, a well bred doodle is an outstanding family dog. And I have met and befriended many wonderful people via the doodle. So, I am sorry you are offended by the doodle culture- but I do love the breed and your column was in fact, very very funny. :)

By: stephani

stephani — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:31:16 +0000

CRAPADOODLE, that was funny. We just rescued one of these dogs from the back of someones yard where is was resident mongrel for 3 years because after they got the dog they decided to have a baby, at which time she realized she wasn’t a “dog person.” Got his dreds cut off, bought him a dog bed and some toys and now he’s scared to go in the backyard for fear of not being let back in the house. He’s good dog, we don’t tell him he’s a labradoodle. :)

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:00:25 +0000

I know you published this over a year ago, but damn if this didn’t make my night! It makes my blood boil every time I hear ‘Poo’ this and ‘Doodle’ that. Regardless of what the owners say, they’re arrogant, self righteous a**holes who bought into the designer crap fad rather than rescuing a dog. My issue with all these Oodles of dogs? NONE of the breeders are respectable, I repeat NONE. I don’t care how ‘nice’ the family was, anyone is nice when you’re forking over a couple hundred bucks. How many of these breeders had an OFA evaluation? CERF test? Any heart testing? While someone who bought a dog from a responsible breeder can easily claim that they could not have found an equivalent dog in a shelter, anyone buying a poo dog is just fooling themselves. No one is ‘making a new breed’ they’re making money. They’re putting two purebred dogs together and claiming it’s some magical combination that is *shock* hypoallergenic! Non-shedding! And free of genetic disorders! Really? REALLY? Because EVERY single ‘Labradoodle’ I’ve ever met has shed equal to, if not worse than a Lab. And can I count the ways of allergies, hip/elbow dysplasia and neurotic Lab tendencies I’ve seen in all these dogs?

I don’t have a problem with GOOD breeders. Who do the appropriate health tests, title their dogs in work/show and require the dog be returned to them if the new owner can no longer care for them. Anyone else should have to euthanize a dog in a shelter for every puppy they sell to the first schmuck on the street with $300.00.

A mutt is a mutt is a mutt. $75.00 covers the first shots and SPAY of the damn b*tch who god pregnant. Anything more than that just encourages more breeding.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:42:06 +0000

I just found this blog. Ouch. I agree with Dan who says that moral superiority works both ways…

If I could have just any old dog, I’d go to the pound in a red-hot minute and bring one home. All my cats came from the pound, and before I developed allergies late in life, so did my dogs. But I now have SERIOUS dog allergies, as in, I end up in the emergency room, unable to breathe. My allergies can kill me. If going to a breeder to get a dog that will not trigger anaphylactic shock means I can enjoy having a dog again, so be it.

People who say that labradoodles are “designer dogs” forget that EVERY breed is a “designer dog.” God didn’t make collies and schnauzers on the 7th day.

And just because the group of people in your neighborhood who own doodles like to socialize with each other, that doesn’t mean all doodle owners are exclusivists; some of us are just people who would like to be able to have a dog without endangering our health.

By: Glenn C

Glenn C — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:17:42 +0000

Too the original poster, I neither Molesting children and underpaying immigrant workers and do not have an air of elitism. I am your average joe white collar worker that puts in more than my fair share back into the community in the way of self defence classes for the underprivillaged and found the labradoodle breed to be a very nice addition ot our family.
The senseless crap you are sprouting off does not help anyone, not sure what go up your nose but had those sort of comments been made in front of my or my wife you my dear friend would have been put on your arse so fast your head would spin.

Keep it nice each to thier own

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:20:50 +0000

Good for you for rescuing dogs! Seriously, buy yourself an extra slice of cake for that. Good stuff! One question though: don’t all dogs deserve homes? What’s the difference between a rescued dog and a dog bought from a respectable breeder? They both need homes, don’t they? The assholes aren’t the dog buyers, but the soulless creatures who run puppy mills. As long as you’re not perpetuating their business, you’re doing right by dogs of all breeds.

See? Moral superiority works for both sides!

By: RG

RG — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:37:56 +0000

I have a labradoodle. I bought him to play with my lab I rescued 5 yrs ago. I chose the labradoodle because I was tired to sweeping up the equivalent of a small dog every week. But I didn’t pay the outrageous asking price most breeders charge, just found someone who really likes the breed. I also won’t buy the bumper stickers, coffee mugs or other crap to promote the breed. Not all owners are elitists.

By: labradoodle pup-mom

labradoodle pup-mom — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:59:47 +0000

wow, really? you call yourself a dog lover? you sound just a HATER.

By: No Pullout

No Pullout — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:12:47 +0000

@Nicole – it may be true that I am a dick, but:

http://www.thefunkyway.com/fun_game/joke/teamamerica.htm

By: Boatdrinks

Boatdrinks — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:23 +0000

I am not a dog owner, but enjoyed the post and comments and went about my day. Next day, in Mystic, CT, a dog and family intersected with me and my friend on a sidewalk. She is a dog talker, and started chatting with the owner. Second words out of the lady’s mouth after hi, was “he is a labroadoodle” with total look-what-I-own tone. And the kid was a bit over the top in behavior and jumped all over my friend. Literally. Throwing herself onto a strangers body while chatting about a dog.
Life imitating art? Just lucky me I guess.