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If candidates were dogs: Hillary Clinton - Labradoodle

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Description: The Labradoodle is a newer breed that combines the often ostentatious Labrador with the more reserved – at times even aloof – poodle.

As it has not yet been recognized by the American Kennel Club, there are no breed standards as far as appearance.

Behavior: The Labradoodle, while it is happy to walk alongside you, also loves to get off the leash and set its own course.

Labradoodle2.jpg They will not thrive without human contact, and are particularly affectionate and loving with children, making the breed well suited for work as a therapy or assistance dog.

The often try to outsmart their owners just for fun, and sometimes can be too clever for their own good.

Otherwise, they are loyal and devoted, active and athletic when free, and generally melt into mellowness when touched by human hands.

 

Tendency to bark: Varies

 

Level of aggression: Low

 

Suitability as guard dog: Low

(Candidate photo by AP; sketch by Susan Donley; breed photo by iStockphoto)

 

 

 

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OK, so maybe I have one for Hillary as well. (I compiled a bunch of quotes a couple of years ago while helping Spencer put up his personal home page. He likes famous quotations as long as they have something to do with dogs.)

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
--Woodrow Wilson

That's hilarious. This article, along the same lines, is pretty funny too:
http://dogtime.com/super-tuesday-presidential-dogs.html

"As it has not yet been recognized by the American Kennel Club,"


And never will be. Labradoodles are nice, but they're nothing more than highly overpriced mutts. There is no such thing as a pure-bred labradoodle and so they won't be getting any kind of official recognition.

Pat, I keep telling myself that over and over. I'll become hoarse saying things like, "If you want a mixed-breed dog, there are plenty to be adopted, so why breed more?" I remind people that we don't know which undesirable traits of the two breeds may eventually come out. I shout the virtues of adoption from every housetop. I do all those things, and I'll keep right on doing them. Then the neighbor's labradoodle trots over to say hello, and I can't help thinking (to myself of course) "Cutest. Dog. Ever."

Labradoodles aren't a breed. They are a mutt. It's what happens when your rouge Labrador takes advantage of the neighbors poodle. Just because people are dumb enough to pay $1000 doesn't mean it's a breed.

Kudos to all the above. There are enough Labradoodles, Cockapoodles, Terripoos, Puggles, or whatever other names people come up with for mixed breeds, at the Humane Societies that we do not have to start breeding and selling them for exorbitant prices.

I do giggle however, at the thought of Hilary being likened to an overpriced mutt.

If the same rule used by the labradoodle-is-a-mutt morons were applied without hypocrisy across the board, the only "breed" would be wolves! Where do you think your_____ (put in ANY breed) came from? That's right... it was bred for a combination of traits from various dogs. ALL domestic dog breeds were selectively bred for certain behaviour or aesthetic qualities and evolved over time. German Shepard? Beagle? English Setter? Collies, sheepdogs, retrievers...MUTTS ALL! Just like labradoodles.

Labradoodles were originally bred as guide dogs. Unfortunately they weren't called Australian Guide Dogs, so that numbskulls who are threatened by the name and don't do their homework might not have the opportunity to showcase their ignorance.

That said, I hope labradoodles are never "recognized" as a formal "breed". We've all seen the problems with irresponsible breeding and over-breeding. You can keep your credentialed pups and all the often associated health problems.

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John Woestendiek has been a features reporter at The Sun for six years. Previously he worked as a reporter, columnist, national correspondent and editor at four other newspapers, and received a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1987 for his reporting on prisons and mental institutions for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Woestendiek lives in South Baltimore with his dog, Ace.
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