Where did all the mongrels go?
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Prompted by another thread, I recall that when I were a lad in North London in the early 60's every street had a roving pack of mongrels, or Heinz 57 dogs as we called them. But you never see them now. Everyone seems to have pedigree breeds or odd crosses like Cavapoo's and labradoodles, but not proper mongrels. And you never see a dog wandering the streets. So where have they gone? Just died out or been put down or turned into Chinese meals or what?
Exige77 said:
Roofless Toothless said:
They went the same way as bicycle clips.
And Flairs !!It's the same with dogs. Any faithful old bitsa used to do very well, but nowadays dog ownership seems to involve expensive breeds, and preferably two or three of them. If they got ill, a trip down the PDSA did the trick, but today it's health insurance policies and operations the like of which the NHS can barely afford.
It's a matter of making a statement about yourself, isn't it?
I think the whole 'Cockapoo, Labradoodle' thing is utterly ridiculous. So are the prices being charged for these mongrels, up to and beyond a thousand quid! When I was looking a few years ago the cheapest dog you could buy was a thoroughbred retriever!
I speak as someone with a mongrel - Chester, a Basset cross whose Father ( a Basset) made a beeline for a crossbred Collie/Springer and there are 11 fat little lumps in the world due to the union. Love him dearly but he is a mutt, a mongrel, the kind of dog that 30 years ago would have been free to a good home or a fiver at most.
He is a Bassprolley and don't you forget it
I speak as someone with a mongrel - Chester, a Basset cross whose Father ( a Basset) made a beeline for a crossbred Collie/Springer and there are 11 fat little lumps in the world due to the union. Love him dearly but he is a mutt, a mongrel, the kind of dog that 30 years ago would have been free to a good home or a fiver at most.
He is a Bassprolley and don't you forget it
Roofless Toothless said:
If they got ill, a trip down the PDSA did the trick,
When our childhood cat was very ill the PDSA were the only vets open out of hours and they refused to treat her even though my parents were happy to pay. So fk the PDSA frankly.If I had a dog I'd rather have a mongrel anyway. All the breeds seem to have a load of problems (probably unsurprisingly)
chow pan toon said:
Roofless Toothless said:
If they got ill, a trip down the PDSA did the trick,
When our childhood cat was very ill the PDSA were the only vets open out of hours and they refused to treat her even though my parents were happy to pay. So fk the PDSA frankly.If I had a dog I'd rather have a mongrel anyway. All the breeds seem to have a load of problems (probably unsurprisingly)
ColinM50 said:
Prompted by another thread, I recall that when I were a lad in North London in the early 60's every street had a roving pack of mongrels, or Heinz 57 dogs as we called them. But you never see them now. Everyone seems to have pedigree breeds or odd crosses like Cavapoo's and labradoodles, but not proper mongrels. And you never see a dog wandering the streets. So where have they gone? Just died out or been put down or turned into Chinese meals or what?
I think this was meI’ve often thought the same
You never see pushbikes stood with their pedal on the kerb either
My jack Russel was I guess a mongrel, but still a jack Russel
Never having a pedigree dog
I like seeing mongrels on holiday
I was half expecting this thread to be about this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mongrels_(TV_series)
Funniest and darkest TV series I've ever seen.
Funniest and darkest TV series I've ever seen.
I guess neutering became free or cheap and the pedigrees are big money
My old never work a day in their lives social housing neighbours knocked out a couple litters of boxer dogs a year. Not sure how much you’d make from say 12 boxer puppies but I know it payed for their USA holidays etc, whilst they got their housing for free, naturally
My old never work a day in their lives social housing neighbours knocked out a couple litters of boxer dogs a year. Not sure how much you’d make from say 12 boxer puppies but I know it payed for their USA holidays etc, whilst they got their housing for free, naturally
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