Mine is 'golden' labradors.  (Often seen advertised in local ad papers.)  I firmly believe that anyone selling 'golden' labrador puppies should not have bred them in the first place.

What's yours?

Fi

Ditto Fi,

You still up then?

Kay

I am indeed.

Just as well I signed up for 'anytime'..

Adverts for 'Lassie' puppies - if the buyers don't know the breed is the Rough Collie, they have a lot more research to do.

M.

Maybe they do that because everyone associates them with LASSIE, not coz they have no idea what breed they are.. I suppose you can pick fault with lots of adverts but why bother???

I suppose its like the post on another thread about the advert for Bacardi Breezer kittens. No-body seems to know the breed but a least we all know what they look like.

Kay

Ads for Border Collies - "working parents, ideal family pets"

Pure cross breed :)

School holidays ;)

Children walking, and not in charge, of dogs.

Incorrect spelling and punctuation used in signs.

Going on from Bennyboo's posting - traffic signs such as "DONT DRIVE TIRED"........don't drive tired what??????

Since when did tired become a noun?

Margot

mine ,concerning doggie things,is when a pup is advertised as pick of the litter, or the breed is totally misspelt....how can they breed if they don't even know the proper name??? Coca spanels was a recent, one or Japaneese Cha pai fighting dogs another....

and terrior.... :rolleyes:

i saw an advert the other day for a labradoddle

i lab cros with a poodle!

6 weeks old " ready to go now"
really gets my goat up

or" the biggest one you'll likely  to see, makes good guard dog....." ( deliberate bad grammar!!)or even more repulsive, "about to go into season, proven brood bitch..." it makes me so mad.....

oh, forgot...."first to see will buy", or" £/// or nearest offer" !!!! for God' sake....... talk about making it sound like an old car they're selling rather than a poor animal.....and when they put "genuine reason for sale" usually some old piffle about a child's allergy that's suddenly come to light about 15 months( strangely the time most dogs hit the naughty stage) after they got the poor dog....

Here are a few of mine :

"Golden" labradors
Chocolate labs named after chocolate bars
Dogs bought to make their owner look "macho"
Noisey dogs
People 'babying' dogs & over-sentimentality
People who attend training classes & obviously make no effort between classes
Unsteady dogs on a shoot day that 'run-in' and poach the retrieve that you really wanted for your (steady) dog
People who confuse the amount of time they have been training / owning / breeding with their actual ability at that activity

;-)

All my girls are named after chocolate bars and can't seem to see what the problem is ? Mars Bar ,(Mars) Minstrel (Min) and Moose (well chocolate moose nearly a chocolate bar :) ) and  MB (Mars Bar 2)

Just the same as naming a dog jet because it is black or snowy because it is white ? :)

Lucy
xx

Is that a lab that's easy to keep!! :D

Paula

Benny Boo/Lokis Mum

I am just reading 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves', have a look at it if you haven't already done so. Brilliant.

Oh I have!!!   I've given copies to (1) my boss; (2) my son; (3) my god daughter.

My boss is the only one who has said "why did you give this to me - are my reports that bad?"

I didn't comment apart from saying that he obviously supports the Oxford comma :D D :D

Margot

One that's up in my local shop:

"Guide dogs only allowed".

Only allowed to do what?  Drive cars?  Pierce their ears?

Oh, and people using an apostrophe in "its" when it's possessive.  So much more common than you would think!

Or using an apostrophe in a plural! Aaarrgghh!

Don't get me going on grammar! "He were," and "we was" drive me mad.
Also, at risk of upsetting people - parents who farm their kids off to brownies, piano lessons, violin lessons, ballet, football and drama clubs after school, but who can't possibly spare 5 minutes a night to read with them as they work and therefore have no time, (this is despite being told bluntly that the children desperately need it if they are not going to grow up illiterate). AAAAGGGHH! You can tell I'm in the middle of writing my reports, can't you? (Or should be!) Roll on end of term.

Puppies coming with "health guarantees". Vaccinated? They can still catch the viruses. Worms? Ditto. Fleas? Ditto. Genetic/Hereditary? Thats another who;e can of worms. I feel the public are being fooled sold a pup given with a health guarantee There is no way a living sentinel being can come with a guarantee that it will be healthy.
Christine, Spain.

How about know it alls on message boards? :)

"Miniature" or "Toy" Yorkies or Malteses
Golden Labradors
People who let their dogs run loose and out of control on walks
Irresponsible breeding
Breed discrimination
People who let their dogs misbehave in public

Many more, just my mind has gone blank. :)

What about people whose dogs are 'just playing'  as they're pinning your dog to the floor by the throat!! :(

My personal bugbear is bad table manners, well bad manners in general.  Theres no excuse for bad manners.  When it comes to dogs it has to be when people dont pick their dogs mess up.

Michelle :)

Yeah I would have to agree with people not picking their dogs poo up, for every 10 people I reckon 2 people don't or another annoying thing is people who do pick up their dogs poo, then throw it in a bush or a tree, arghhhhh!  Jules

Some of the oiks in my village delight in removing the carefully picked-up and binned bags of poo and throw them around the children's playground. Grr!

People that say 'you know' about six times in every sentence.  No names mentioned.

For sale adverts for dogs/pups/cats/kittens etc "to good home only" - as if anyone would ring up and say I want your dog/one of your pups to abuse, neglect and discard when I'm sick of it :rolleyes: :(

My god the list is endless:

Border Collies described as good pets

People allowing small dogs to sit on the parcel shelf of their car - what happens when they brake suddenly?

People picking up the poo in the bag and then leaving it - why bother in the first place

People allowing dogs to sit on the seats of their cars with their head, shoulders and half their body stuck out - what about lorries, motorcyclists etc. - dogs havent got eyes in the back of their heads have they?

Like I said I could go on and on and on

oh yes the best :

when you have purposely put your dog on the lead when you see someone you dont know coming with their dog and they leave theirs off the lead to bound up and jump all over yours.  I hate that and frequently have a go at people about that.  Latest woman being with three terriers that I promptly turned around and told her by BCs could have eaten hers for breakfast for all she knew. The face was funny if nothing else

So you have oiks as well in your village JG :D Do they have webbed feet and six toes by any chance as many of the young oiks have in our village ! :)

It really annoys me the fact the old git oiks in our village who don't bother to pick up their dogs poo and leave it so bikes, pushchairs and people walk/drive through it :(

Lucy
xx

when it comes to dogs i get cross when people email me ask for a puppy I own cavaliers and the often ask for a brown and white one ??? any one who has researched or even know the breed a little would know it's a blenhiem !!! not dog related I hate it when people smoke when i am eating ... nothing against smokers as i am one but not near my food...

I found an advert on the web: 'wanted - andrex puppy but brown...'

EH?  Sad or what?

Oh, no!! The amount of answers I could have put on this thread have made me realise I'm hurtling towards old bagdom faster than I thought - and I'm only 35!!!!!

Paula

my worst one that really gets me going is the people that ask me "who's walking who"? as i am only 5ft and walk a leonberger who is around 2 1/2 stone heavier than me.i understand he is a giant breed and i am smaller than the average person but to me its an insult.do people out there really think i would take such a dog out if i couldn't control him! plus the fact he walks to heel and is in training due to his size,unlike alot of dogs you see pulling the owners arms out.but then when i say he is only a pup and not fully grown yet i get the comment "you could ride it".i know hes not the norm when your out and about but please if you ever see some one with a giant dog, do not ask them the same question.

On the smoking vein:

I used to work in a restaurant which had a smoking section.  Whether it was foolish of me or not, whenver I saw a woman coming in who was either pregnant or pushing a pram, I instinctively guided them towards non-smoking, only to be told "no, actually, I want to sit in smoking".  My urge was always to say "oh, does your baby want to sit there, too?"

Marie,

my mum walks two Bernese, and occasionally used to add a Lab to the string (mine).  Some very 'funny' comments usually were made, especially by the loon who insosts on calling them Beethoven!

On the plus side, everyone knows her for the dogs, including the lady in the bank, who was asked to confirm my identity one day by a different branch by phone; my side of the 3 way phone conversation went like this:

'Hang on, I'll ask'
'Does your Mum have 2 huge tricolour dogs?'

I live in a small town and sometimes methods are a bit unorthodox around here....

well I hate...
children who bark at my dogs
parents who drag their kids across the road to avoid my dogs
people who use dogs as a status symbol
children with bad manners
the parents of children with bad manners...after all its their fault
people who get a pup and then allow it to roam the streets when its no longer 'cute'
bullies
people who buy cats or dogs with long coats and then don't groom them
...theres loads more cos I'm a moaning old #### but I'm off to bed so thats enough!!
Archer

And I am sure you hate the "Where's the Sleigh"  for goodness sake Sleighs are big things that horses or Reindeer pull, dogs pull sleds, and our breed isn't a sleddog!!!!

yeah..wish I had a pound,,,,
Archer

Well on our board today at work there was "cross breeds 14 weeks old, free to good home or if they're not gone soon they'll be going to Manchester Dogs Home"   !!!  Wish I knew how to the the angry smiley :d (I only know this one)

Just remembered another one:

Olde Tyme Bulldogge puppies.  Argh!  Where do they sell them from, "Ye Olde Sweete Shoppe" or "Ye Olde Markete"?  Does anyone actually know how these puppies differ from normal bulldogs?

I think the Olde Tyme Bulldog is harking back to how the breed used to be many years ago - they're a more athletic, leaner dog, with a longer muzzle. Usually cross-breeds, I think.

My bugbears are:

Anyone who calls my wonderfully behaved Staffords 'child killers' or drags their kids away from us with horrified expressions.
People who don't pick up after their dogs.
People who let their off-leash dogs harrass my on-leash pair  - good thing they're not dog-aggressive, eh?
Idiot lads who come up to me and ask if I fight my dogs.
Litter in parks. My local is a health hazard.
Fair weather dog walkers - people you only see out with their dogs when it's sunny.

Oh my fav..."You have been conned, there's no such thing as an Irish red and white setter"  OR "whats happend to your Border collies Tail" Or "whats it crossed with" ("cross with you!" is normally the answer)

Or the good old one...People thiking i'm a typical Teenager....I'm NOT!

Oh theres another one at the moment that I hate...But I can't mention it!