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The result was merge to Poodle#Poodle mixes. Tim Song (talk) 04:21, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pugapoo[edit]

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Non-notable dog cross. Not a real breed. Suggest deleting or moving to List of dog hybrids.—Preceding unsigned comment added by JoKing (talkcontribs)

  • Wikipedia is not in the business of "recognizing breeds." All breeds are "made-up" by humans, as are such things as "numbers", "political parties", "countries", "species", or "corporations". There are examples of AfD debates about all of these topics, even countries (micronations), and some are deleted. The debate is decided on the basis of quality of the sources, not on some outside organization's notion of propriety. Abductive (reasoning) 20:17, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure what the point of that little digression was about since it doesn't seem to relate to what the poster said, however if it was that she called you on calling the "Pugapoo" a breed, she's right. Standards organizations are taxed with setting inclusion standards for everything from nails to foodstuff to wiring. In the case of dog breeds it is the various National and International Kennel Clubs that set breed standards. Whether we like it or not is moot. The fact that a cross is cute and trendy, and people are cashing in, doesn't make it a breed. JoKing (talk) 17:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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