I think it was a couple of years ago now, I was walking home from work and saw this cute little puppy. I stopped to ask the (visibly proud) parents what she was. I think they said she was a puggle. I replied "Thanks, my brother has a mutt who looks a lot like your dog and we could never figure out what she was. I'll have to let him know." I actually felt really bad about it later, because I really didn't mean to offend them. My bro was pissed that I implied his dog was a puggle!
I work with someone whose (pet store) dogs had an "accidental" litter (truly inadvertent, but of course it never should have happened in the first place; I've had to bite my tongue 'til it was bloody). Anyway, a couple of potential adoptions fell through, so I Googled the puppies' 'hybrid breed name' and told her to refer to them that way. You know they're going to get adopted quickly with their stupid designer dog name.
Anyway, I think most people just don't know. I would never purchase one, and I truly wish they weren't being bred, but they're not any worse IMO than the standard puppymill or BYB pups.
I work with someone whose (pet store) dogs had an "accidental" litter (truly inadvertent, but of course it never should have happened in the first place; I've had to bite my tongue 'til it was bloody). Anyway, a couple of potential adoptions fell through, so I Googled the puppies' 'hybrid breed name' and told her to refer to them that way. You know they're going to get adopted quickly with their stupid designer dog name.
Anyway, I think most people just don't know. I would never purchase one, and I truly wish they weren't being bred, but they're not any worse IMO than the standard puppymill or BYB pups.