My husband, Joe & I helped our trainer last summer train & groom a so called "designer breed" Standard Poodle/Golden Retriever bitch. Her hair coat was a nightmare to groom. It had taken us days to get through the coat. The lady who had us train/groom this dog paid a lot of money for her as a puppy. It's difficult to figure out people when they want to purchase some of these designer breeds. So I asked this lady why she purchased this type of dog? And this was a lady of about 60 years of age that had been around the block a time or two. "I thought she was cute!" The lady replied back. I have to say, the dog had a great temperament to work with. But we had to clearly explain to her that she had to keep up to that hair coat daily. I like my GSDs to groom. Kathy Partch & Koda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Cooke" <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:11 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Mixed Breeds So what?? I notice most breeders seem more upset about the prices these "designer" breeders get for their mutts than anything else about them. If they are deceiving the buying public, so do lots of other breeders!! Look at Mr. Hunte, who was even a member of the GSDCA for awhile!! Caveat Emptor. This IS a capitalistic, free-market society we live in. Whatever the market will bear works just fine until the government (federal, state, AKC, PETA, HSUS, and/or GSDCA) becomes involved. Some of you guys are down-right un-American and feed right into the ARistas hands!!! Paula, 263 days and counting ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================