.Now and then I have a look through the rescue sites, and find their listing of ‘pure breeds’ quite disturbing especially so as they only bear the slightest resemblance (if any) to the breed they are supposed to be, it wouldn't be so bad if most of them didn't frown on breeders of purebred dogs. One would think that the staff working at the larger organisations would know their breeds. Couple of examples from Dogs Trust but there are many more. GSD http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/dog/1036569/buddy#.U3o66dJdUqd PUG http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/dog/1117908/paddy#.U3o7M9JdUqe DOBERMANN http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/dog/1065351/pj#.U3o7f9JdUqc
I accept that I am no expert regarding breeds, but those links? I mean are they supposed to show the named breeds?
Maybe they are trying to get people interested by putting a breed tag on dogs however vague the link.
The other day, a rescue site that 'pops up' on our computers from time to time was showing a rather nice looking French Bulldog. I clicked on it, casually interested, to find it was a private rehoming for what the seller was calling a Pug! How can you not know the breed of the dog you are trying to sell?
How on earth coulld anyone in their wildest dreams ever imagine that was a Pug? I decided to look to see if Dogs Trust had any Shar-Pei for rescue and found there were two. The first one, on balance, I would say was a pure breed, but the second was definitely a Shar-Pei crossed (I think) with a Bull Terrier. Although he had the Pei "ivy leaf" shaped ears he didn't have the black tongue that is a characteristic of the breed and his chest and stance was all wrong. Most telling was that his coat was tan and black which you'll never get in a pure bred Pei as they only come in solid colours, the only exception to this rule is the flowered Pei which has markings like a piebold horse ... white plus another colour such as chocolate. I'd be very upset having rescued what I was led to believe was a pure bred dog only to find he was a crossbred, but that's just my personal opinion.
I get that they are putting a breed to the dog rather than just say a cross BUT you'd think they'd choose a breed that vaguely resembled the dog in question, so the Pug would have been better described as say a Shih tzu which it at least resembles although it's a bit tall methinks.
The Dobermann well that's an odd choice when it looks like a gsd cross to me and there are no Dobermann markings to be seen.
