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Hey, something like 10 dogs walk past my home every day and I swear something like 6 of 10 are Bernedoodles. Unscientific, I know but my sister got one too. So, it seems too frequent to be a coincidence.

Does anyone here know why this breed is so popular in the last few years?

My guess: since I live in a conservative place (in the USA) someone famous got one, or said they're great dogs for "patriots" to own. (/smh)

But thanks for any ideas. I searched around but all I got were those BS filled, "What you should know about the Bernedoodle" pages, saying dumb stuff like, "Bernedoodles have quickly gained popularity due to their cuddly nature and lovable personalities". I bet there's something else going on here.

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[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 9 points 1 month ago

Because people want the status symbol of having a dog without actually liking dogs, so they buy "convenient" dogs based on traits like how little they shed. Then the second they aren't puppies anymore they dump them with a trainer to "train" all the dog out of them and/or dump them at a doggy daycare to torture the minimum wage employees who actually like dogs, all so the owners can take photos for their social media.

Tl;dr: I love all dogs. But poodle mixes are exclusively owned by terrible people, and as a result, act terribly.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Dogs just love people. If some rich asshole has the money to spoil their dog... the dog ain't going to care what wages their current care taker is being paid. I fail to see how this is a negative for the dogs life, on average a dogs life will be significantly worse in the hands of someone with much less money.

[-] spacecadet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

This is the exact opposite of my experience. Most doodle owners go the extra mile for their dogs, buying them actual food instead of kibble, getting them R+ trained (don’t say you love dogs and then train them with any other technique), they are active in their dogs lives, taking them to hike, walks, parks, family gatherings, and owning a doodle you understand that they still shed and need to be groomed a lot more than other dogs.

The worst owners and dogs by far and away are pit bull owners. Everyone thinks that their little “pebble” or “velvet cow” is so cute until it rips a toddlers face off, but then it’s somehow the toddlers fault.

I own a doodle, but probably the most engaged owners I’ve seen are greyhound/former track dog owners. They form bonds with dogs that have been abused and maybe only have a couple more years left, that’s tough.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Absolutely not this and I'm very surprised that you're mostly upvoted.

People get these dogs because they're cute. People like cute dogs. It's not a status symbol.

And poodle mixes are owned by a huge variety of people. Is the hype/trend of having them overblown? Absolutely. But people get them because they're cute. People like cute dogs.

They're also easy to get, and that usually only applies to pitbulls and pitbull mixes when it comes to large dogs.

You come across as someone who is very uninformed but very opinionated about the subject.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

People like cute dogs. It's not a status symbol.

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Do you sincerely not know what it feels like to find something cute?

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