'"Designer breeds" don't count.' As someone who post covid can't be around shedding dogs for more than a half an hour without being able to breathe; I never understand the hostility because without designer breeds I wouldn't be able to be a dog owner. As someone who has had a dog in my home my entire life, I can't imagine my life without a dog. Our family 'bought' from breeders and took in dogs about to be given to shelters. My cockapoos are the tiny terrors in my heart.