It's an interesting post... Here's an excerpt:
"What is our dilemma, you ask? We found out this weekend that there was a puppy in need of a home. A couple of empty nesters with too much disposable income and too little intelligence bought themselves a Puggle when they moved into a flashy new condo this year. For those of you not in the know, the Puggle is the newest trendy designer hybrid dog (read: mutt). It is a cross between a Pug and a Beagle, and thanks to a few empty headed Hollywood B-listers and some unscrupulous puppy mills who have the audacity to call themselves breeders, it is the new must-have “It” dog. This means that, while thousands of sweet, wonderfuls dogs are euthanized in shelters each day in this country (both mutts and purebreds), vapid assholes like Jake Gyllenhaal are parading their $1000 living accessories around on the talk show circuit ensuring that more irresponsible fools will purchase these dogs."
You should read it, it makes some strong arguments against the current state of the Puggle world and how the unscrupulous and foolish have done some very wrong things.
However, I think that Jane misplaces a bit of the blame. You can't say that Jake Gyllenhaal can't enjoy his puggle or that James Gandolfini should have chosen a different breed because OTHER people are idiots. The responsibility isn't with the celebrity owners so much as it is with people who have no business having a puggle--or any other dog for that matter.
Puggle-ising the issue is a little unfair. As Jane notes, the shelters are already full of dogs because of owner irresponsibility. This is not a problem unique to puggles. It's a problem inherent in our culture that allows dogs to be treated as if meaningless and those who take them on without understanding responsibility.
Overall, though, it's a great read and you can find it here.
