brem said:
Can I please like the idea of a new Pug+Beagle breed? Why do you assume I'll go and buy a mutt?
Sorry brem, it looks like people assumed you knew about puggles and designer breeds.
And to the other posters: a lot of people on this forum already think that Chazzers hate mutts. Going on about how incredibly ugly a mix is certainly doesn't help that image. Neither does going on about how awful puggles are without explaining
why we don't like
puggle breeders.
The reason that most people on this board do not like puggle breeders is this: puggles were a mix created specifically for money. Almost every single puggle breeder is in it entirely for the money....they do no health checks on breeding dogs, offer no guarantees, don't do home screening, etc. They just produce these crossbreed dogs, give them a cutesy name and sell them for insane prices. They are in it strictly for the money, so they try to produce as many puggles as possible and sell them as high as they can. Glorified puppy mills.
And puggles are not a breed. Almost all puggles are a first-generation cross between a pug and beagle....they don't come from a mommy and daddy puggle. There is no breed standard; even pups from the same litter can vary wildly in appearance.
That's why we don't like puggle breeders. It's nothing personal against the puggles themselves: they can't help where they came from. And there is nothing wrong with wanting one. But if you want a pug/beagle mix, look for one at the humane society. Don't even consider buying one from those people who breed them.