Has anyone ever watched Dogs 101 on Animal Planet?
Question by Eilean Ban: Has anyone ever watched Dogs 101 on Animal Planet?
I’ve seen it a few times, but I really never paid that much attention to it. But last week I saw that Toy Fox Terriers (my breed) were going to be featured so I thought I’d watch. All I have to say is where the heck do they get their info!? So many times I was like “what the h*ll!” as they were spouting off all this incorrect info. Here’s a list of what I noticed:
“Toy Fox Terriers are Tri-colored dogs…”-No, TFTs can be black tri, chocolate tri, tan and white (the color of my TFT) or black and white, all of which are accepted colors in the standard.
“TFT’s are one of the few breeds who don’t have to have their tails docked, it comes naturally that way” NO! A very small minority are naturally bob tailed, but 95% have to have their tail docked.
“The AKC states that one of the traits of the TFT is that they watch TV” Okay, I have never heard of this. I know the AKC states that they will curl up with you while YOU watch TV…
“TFTs have low exercise requirements and are low energy” Yeah right! TFTs need a much higher level of exercise than most Toy breeds and are one of the most high energy toy breeds.
Things they also got wrong were breed history (they never rode in saddle bags and were not from the combination of dogs they said they were), what they’re predisposed to (I have never heard of them being predisposed to mange and they have food allergies, not skin allergies like the they stated).
Anyway, you get the picture.
My question is for anyone else whose breed has ever been featured on the show, did they butcher your breed as bad as they did mine? Or did they just get totally lazy when they were doing their TFT research?
(BTW if you don’t know if your breed has been on the show you can go to Animal Planet’s website and watch clips from each breed they’ve featured)
Schnauzer Mom: OMG they’re doing designer dogs! WTF!? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little too…
Lui’s my boy: That would be an awesome idea to do one on shelter dogs! And I just looked it up, apparently animal planet only uses “reputable breeder’s dogs” as examples on their show…so where in the hell are they gonna get designer mutts from!? Unless they have a grossly distorted view of what a reputable breeder is (most likely).
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Answer by Kathy
I thought beagle was accurate.
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yeah i have watched that b4
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LikeDislikeWhat do you expect from a program that is doing a whole show on “designer breeds”?!?
::puke::
Episode guide for Season 2:
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/dogs-101/episode-guide/
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LikeDislikeThe answer is that your representative habitat of an El Salvador and San Marino Dogs is biting and raining, not different your usual Nauru Dogs’ habitat
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LikeDislikeAs soon as I hear that the AKC states anything about a breed I quit listening. They have ruined many breeds, especially the German Shepherd. I think this is who they are getting a lot of their breed information from. Terriers, all terriers are maniacs and need a lot of exercise, I had a Jack Russell and he could outlast any dog.
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LikeDislikeI have never ever seen it. what is animal Planet?
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LikeDislikeOh PULEEEEEZE….that POS is stuffed full of misinformation….inaccuracy….fairy tales…BULLCRAP & OUTRIGHT LIES!!
Every single one…. made by morons,who obviously know NOTHING about any real/recognized breed & happily slurp up & regurgitate the most blatant spew imaginable.
Ever notice the HORRIBLE examples….GROTESQUELY GROOMED….pet-junk they use? SHUDDER
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LikeDislikeI’ve watched bits of it a few times, but I’ve never seen “my” breed when I’ve glanced at it so never been too curious about it.
If they butcher it that bad, then I’d be interested to see what the Samoyed one is like.
And, yes, they are having one on designer mutts, someone questioned it a while ago. Many of us expressed our outrage at promoting the excess BYBing and puppy mill breeding to create these mutts and now they are promoting them! No doubt ALL of the poodle mixes will be “hypoallergenic” and will all be healthier than purebreds etc.
Instead, couldn’t they do one on mixes from your local shelter, rather than encouraging idiots to go out and buy or continue to breed these mutts when there are already so many mutts that need homes.
Edit: Wow, if that’s the case then you are so right, how the hell are they supposed to do that? “Reputable breeder’s dog” – reputable breeders don’t breed mutts!! Actually, on that note, I am absolutely dreading what they will say about those breeders or what the breeders will say. And as for talking about the “breeds” – using what? They can’t say “The AKC says this this and this” because, well, they say nothing about these mutts.
So will they get the ACHC or something to talk all about these dogs, forgoing the fact they aren’t even hybrids!
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LikeDislikeI don’t think they butchered it TOO bad for my breed. They almost never use good examples of the breeds, and most of them are badly groomed. I was watching the Shar Pei one, and there was this one dog… omg. It looked HORRIBLE! I almost barfed. I don’t trust these kinds of shows to give out 100% accurate information.
I’m dreading the episode on designer mongrels.
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