Breed Bias

Dear Dog Lady,

How can I profess to be a dog lover yet am completely bored by breeded dogs? The park where I run my multimix dogs is filled with the fancy , schmancy , monolineage breeds but I find them not at all engaging. Mutts on the other hand are intriguing, adorable, beguiling, & entertaining -- not to mention the unique appearances of such amalgams. My motto has always been "don't breed or buy while homeless pets die." Guess this accounts for my aloofness to both the breeds and their owners."

Treasa, Philadelphia

Treasa, funny, but Dog Lady feels the same way about SUVs and their owners.

Humans can be unrelenting on matters of breeding, status and size, but dogs are the least snobby creatures on earth. Naturally, they are very aware of Alpha, but that leadership ranking is not dependent upon fancy pedigree, bling bling, or cars bigger than studio apartments. A dog is a dog and is always happy to be around another dog -- the mangiest mutt or the most pampered Papillon.

While you may shun those humans with purebreds, your mutts are breed-blind, which is why you gotta love all dogs in the dog park. SUVs in the car park are quite a different matter.

Posted by Dog Lady at May 5, 2004 02:33 PM