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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.  [/quote]

Why don't you just call your mutt a mutt? It is a very common, accepted term. Person -- "What is she?" You -- "She's just a mutt. We think she might have a little sheltie in there, but who knows! We love her."

Regarding your poodle, you are clearly virtue signaling. You "don't want anyone thinking [you] bought her"? I mean, feel free to explain her horrible past life, but you can also just say nothing at all. [/quote]

dp we did dna so we know what our dog is.  To strangers I say "mutt" because if I don't think they are that interested.  Depending on further questions I might say 'he is a rescue from so and so"[/quote]

My dog is part GSD, part lab, part "terrier" (type unknown), part Australian cattle dog, part chow chow, and part supermutt. To say "rescue" tends to head off the "what is she" questions better than mutt for us, and with mutt they often follow up wanting to know if we did DNA, and this long-ass list is a pita and people are sorry they asked. [/quote]

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