Shouting at the Telly

[bunn]

I just rewound the Crufts that was vaguely playing on the TV in the background to see if it said what I thought it did, and it did.

1) Labradoodles, what great hypoallergenic dogs they are and shortly to be recognised as a breed*

but dwarfed by:

2) Loon presenter1 : 'you do a lot of work for dog charities don't you'
Loon presenter2 : 'yes, I bred my collie and gave 1 of the pups to Mountain Rescue and 1 to hearing dogs for the deaf'*


*hang on, that's a crossbreed. They don't breed true do they? And the allergenic thing is a bit of a gamble because of that. Also it's not the fur that people are allergic to, it's the dander. So if people are breeding crossbreeds hoping they might not shed, it's because they don't like the hoovering.

* because, obviously, there is a huge shortage of border collies. Collies are *never* put to sleep ALL OVER THE BLOODY COUNTRY EVERY DAMN YEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOMES FOR THEM!

Now to try to write a polite and reasoned email to the BBC...

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the other thing that alarmed me about the Labradoodle thing was the 'these dogs are worth a lot of money' element. In my view that is a very dangerous thing to say on TV without quite a lot of explanation and disclaimers.

[chainmailmaiden]

I got the impression from what was said that it would encourage stupid people to go 'Hey I've got a Labrador, you've got a Poodle, we should breed them and make lots of money from all the special puppies'. Not realising that they probably end up with a load of puppies no-one wants and just adding to the already huge numbers of unwanted animals. They should have definitely told people not to try this at home!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

do not try this at home

That's the phase I was trying to think of! yes, that's just what I meant with my long and circumlocutory post above!