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I don’t want a Labradoodle or a Borgie or a Corkie

Or a Boingle or a Bichpoo when I go out for walkies

I couldn’t stand a Borador or even a little Bogle

Or a Sprocker or a Springadoor or a cute and cuddly Rottski!

A Huskamite might bite me

And a Patterpoo would poo

Well I guess in the grand scheme of things

All god’s creatures do.

A Sheltidoodle or a Poogle,

Even a Border Basseagle!

A Chorkie or a Borkie

They really sound quite evil.

There are Labrapoos, and Boxeroos

I don’t want a porkie Borkie

or a Bo-Shi or even a Dackhsa-Orkie

And I surely do not want a Bossi-Poo!

A Bouberman, a Bowzer or a

Boxanne – “you don't have to wear that dress tonight”
A Boxador, a Boxapoint, a Box-Pei – in fact I think I’ve got the Box-Sett!!

I don’t fancy a Cairn-oodle the whole kit and caboodle

A Chatterdale, a Cheadle, a Chuggle or a Chug!

Tho maybe a Cojack might be nice!

A Corgidor, a Corgipom

This wretched list goes on and on!

 

No all I really want in life

When I go out for a jog

Is a mutt, a little mongrel

I just want a bleedin’ DOG!!!

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Comments

<Deleted User> (10423)

Fri 15th Jun 2012 02:41

Out of this world...and so true. Its getting harder to keep up with all the new breeds and names.Bring back those days of old, when men were men and a dog was for life. 8-)

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Laura Taylor

Mon 13th Feb 2012 09:53

Haha Ann - you find the strangest things ont net eh? I looked up a list of horse breeds for Equus Ferus poem and got carried away a bit too ;D

Boxanne :D :D

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Dave Bradley

Sun 12th Feb 2012 18:27

Yup, can't beat a mongrel! So much froth and silliness about all the precious breeds and cross-breeds. Crufts gets turned off very quickly in this house. An enjoyable write!

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Jon

Sun 12th Feb 2012 17:09

Hi Ann
What a silly list of potential dogs! All the more frightening when I read your comments about the names being real. You made a good job of reading it aloud.I would trip up for certain!
Funny and frothy! x

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Isobel

Sun 12th Feb 2012 17:02

Well I suppose technically they are all mongrels. You can't beat a collie, I've found. Loving, intelligent, good with kids - perhaps we should cross them with men ;)

I loved the Boxanne line too x

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Judi Strega

Sun 12th Feb 2012 16:32

Love the poem, Ann, and particularly, the Boxanne not having to wear that dress! But whatever happened to the 'mongrel'???

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Anthony Emmerson

Sun 12th Feb 2012 15:31

Try it, you might get to like a little Cairn-oodle with a Boubermann! I am in awe of your lingual dexterity! :)

Regards,
A.E.

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 12th Feb 2012 14:35

FYI - all these names are true apparently! I found a site on the internet with them all on -and I only got as far as the letter C!!!

Baseagle – beagle x basenji
Bascottie – basset hound x Scottish terrier
Bassador – basset x Labrador
Beago – golden retriever x beagle
Bichpoo – poodle bichon frisee
Bogle – boxer x beagle
Bongle – pointer x beagle
Boodle – bulldog x poodle
Borador – Labrador x border collie
Borgi – corgi x border collie
Borkie – Yorkshire terrier x beagle
Bostillon – boston terrier x Papillion
Boxador – boxer x Labrador
Boxanne – boxer x great dane
Boxmas – boxer x mastiff
*Bullgle - bull dog x beagle x pug
Cadoodle – poodle x collie
*Cheke-A-Pom – Pekingese x chihwuawua x pomeranian
Cojak – jack russel x corgi
Corgipoo!

* threesomes apparently!

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