I’m a vet and would never own a type of ‘abomination’ cross-breed – I love my patients but they’re ‘nuts’ and ‘neurotic’

A VET has revealed the type of "abomination" cross-breed he would never own.

He loves his patients, but there is a limit to his devotion.

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These mutts might look adorable but they're "nuts" and "neurotic," he said.

He was referring to the proliferation of poodle mixes.

The list is huge and ever-growing but not everyone is happy about it.

There are Labradoodles, Golden Doodles, Cavapoos, Shih-poos, ad infinitum.

"What in the world is happening," asked an exasperated vet on Reddit.

"I swear every other dog that comes into the clinic is a Labradoodle, Aussiedoodle, or some other poodle abomination," he said in his post.

"Can we stop this mayhem?" he pleaded.

This cross-breed's popularity has soared in recent years.

Many new owners have been attracted to a mongrel that requires less grooming.

But there is a catch and be careful what you wish for, suggests our vet.

"I get that people want hypoallergenic dogs but it's too much," he said.

"I actually love a normal standard poodle but the crosses are nuts."

He figured there were several reasons cross-breeds were so problematic.

OWNERSHIP

"It attracts a certain type of owner who has no concept of how to train a dog, let alone an extremely neurotic one like a poodle," he said.

POODLE CROSSES ARE NEUROTIC

Despite what they might read, these are not good family dogs, insists our vet.

"The number of times clients complain about their Labradoodle not being controllable or have extreme separation anxiety that causes them to destroy the house is way too high," he said.

TRAINING

If you insist on having a poodle cross-breed, then invest in some training, he said.

"I love all our patients, even the crazy ones, but I would never own one of these without doing lots of formal training," he wrote.

"I don't want to shame clients for their choice of dog but I really wish I could stop this trend or at least warn them before they get one that it's not what they expect," he said in a final plea.

Redditors were inclined to agree with all his points.

"Honestly, one of my vet teachers told us that if it wasn’t for these people breeding dogs we’d be out of a job," said one person.

It was a similar experience for another person.

"About 30-45% of the dogs we saw in my vet school’s internal medicine specialty (as in, the worst/weirdest diseases) were doodles. Maybe it’s just a coincidence but they seem to have a ridiculous amount of health problems for some reason," she said.

Yet another Redditor reported a similar situation.

"I just always found it interesting that they were actually more affected by weird rare conditions than even German Shepherds. Lots of cancer, and autoimmune diseases, things you only ever hear of in textbooks. It was always the doodles," she wrote.

One owner couldn't cope with her cross-breed.

"I fostered one for a short time and my mental health suffered. It wasn’t his fault he was the way he was. When I found him the perfect home I wept tears of joy, and many of them were for my own freedom," she said.

But it wasn't all bad news for some owners.

"I have a rescue labradoodle who was the result of an over-run puppy mill and just needed a home. She is the best dog I have ever met hands down," she said.

"All my friends and family agree that she is a gem and I got incredibly lucky to have a solid dog training foundation and such a healthy doodle. The chances are probably one in a million," she added.

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