# Help Me Choose a Dog Breed

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 30, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-dog-breed/523112 "2009-12-30T23:55:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-dog-breed/523112/67 "2010-01-06T19:51:40Z")

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> [@Screw you, Earth. I'm people...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-earth-im-people/58105/6):
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> If you do decide on a whippet, do not go with a rescue. In searchiing petfinders - any skinny, short coated dog is called a whippet cross, none of the ones I saw actually look like purebreds or even close.

Why do people say things like this? OF COURSE you can get purebred whippets at rescues; like all other breeds, irresponsible people have produced more than they can be bothered to properly deal with.

Ten seconds of Googling produced this:

[http://www.whippet-rescue.com/](http://www.whippet-rescue.com/)

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