Re: SCAM BREEDS UPDATE...

[susans...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, November 25, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, ElizabethK wrote:
> Thanks to many who have added to the list, here is an update.Please
> keep adding to the list as you see them advertised.
>
> Peke-apoo Charley Bears
> Poochis Malti Poo
> PiKi Schnoodle
> Mini Dalmatians Cockapoo
> Sleve Pekingese Toy Munchkin
> Imperial Shih Tzu Teacup Poodle
> Llasa Poo Teacup Chihuahua
> Ori Pei Mini Bulldog
> American Pugsley Royal Poodle
> Labradoodle Mini Chow Chow
> Mini Great Dane Mini/Toy Sheltie
> Mi Ki Princess Di Terriers
> Dawgies Mini Golden
> Pocket Poodle American Cream
> Pocket Beagle Golden Labs
> American Mastiff Shiloh Shepherd
> King Great Dane Golden Labs
> King Doberman Warlock Dobermans
> Ocherese Bandog.
> The following are often advertised as "rare' - though may be purebred,
> but again whether bred on purpose or as a colour appearing in an
> otherwise normally coloured litter, sold as "rare" to dupe the public
> into often paying a large price for a seriously mismarked dog which
> should not be used for breeding and cannot be shown. Beware of dogs
> advertised as such and before buying these dogs - do your homework.
> Please note also that many so-called "rare" colours often have some
> devastating genetic or colour-linked problems accompanying them. Many
> white dogs can be deaf or blind or become so later in life. This does
> not apply to breeds in which the white colour is an accepted part of
> the breed.
>
> Red Rottweiler White
> Schnauzer
> White Boxer White
> Labradors
> White Doberman
> Merle Great Danes
> (do not confuse Merle with Blue - an accepted colour, in the Dane
> breed.)
> Because of the many accepted colours in the Dane breed, BYB's, puppy
> mills and other irresponsible breeders often mix colours thereby
> producing all sort of stange colour patterns, none of which should be
> bred from and none of which are worth any more than any other pet
> quality mismarked puppy. If you are offered a strangely marked or
> coloured Dane - especially if it has been represented as "rare" by
> it's breeder, check first with your local Great Dane club. Vets often
> have lists of clubs in your area. Or ask here! Don't add to the bank
> account of scam artists!
> About Shiloh Shepherds. Well considering they were originally
> oversized GSD's with often long fluffy type coats which would have
> seiously faulted by the Standard for the breed in most countries, they
> would seem to be rather like the Royal Poodles - a purebred dog but
> one not meeting the standard and being called something else and with
> enough people being duped into buying one, trying to call it a
> "breed". It is - it's an oversized German Shepherd often with a
> longish coat. And I have seen some which were not even oversized. Just
> poor quality dogs with long coats. And one would think in this day an
> age if they "were" making a new breed or trying to, they would have
> started out right and not produced a whole lot of displastic dogs
> which now seem to have a foothold in these dogs called Shiloh
> Shepherds. They have no history of their own, were bred for no
> particular purpose and were just as far as I can make out, just
> oversized German Shepherds. Like the Toy Munchkin, they have a
> following but that does not make them a breed. Just someone messing up
> an already known breed rather than putting their efforts into
> preserving properly that which already exists.
> Liz

"Ocherese" is a total scam. These people are breeding defective mutts and foisting them off on unsuspecting people like a relative of ours who was taken in by them. We ended up having to take in this poor critter before he put her on Craigs List. I wonder how many of those poor, sick, demented dogs end up as pitbull bait because they proven unmanageable through no fault of their own. The breeder accepts no responsibility for her animals once she hands them over. Now, 12 years into it, having tried everything on the book to housebreak her, with two trainers pronouncing her untrainable, and two expensive operations to correct her malformed back legs, we are probably stuck with her for several more years of constant midnight barking and cleaning up after her peeing and pooping all over the house, no matter how attentive we are to her needs (and we are home most of the time and take good care of our dogs). She's alive today because she's sweet and we pity her. None of this is her fault. She is the victim of irresponsible in-breeding and really fell into the jam pot with sentimental animal lovers who are willing to put up with her and can afford the vet bills. I hope these con artists come back as a pair of "ocherese." They deserve it.