So it's always irked the hell out of me how people market and sell things with their cheap tricks, gimmicks, and their selective or even made up wording.
People who are selling animals specifically piss me off. They use words that make their animals sound special, unique, or rare. Rare color, rare breed, rare this or that. Things that in reality are just lies. Whatever it takes to get the animal sold I suppose. It happens with people selling all kinds of animals. People even make up words, titles, and things that make their animal sound so much better than the next of the same species or breed. Let's explore this shall we?
Horse people use words like:
"Chrome" - Probably my biggest peeve about horse ads. Used to describe flashy white markings, usually a blaze and four white socks or stockings... Chrome is term coined for the silver detailing on cars. Since when did horses sprout silver metal from their face and legs? ...better call a detail shop, the horse needs grooming.
"Own son/Own daughter of" - Um, who the hell else's son or daughter would it be other than the sire/dam? Oh we lied, your foal is adopted. This is just so damn stupid.
"Tri-color Paint" - Just because your bay/buckskin is a paint does not make it a tricolor paint. It's not rare or unusual. It's just a bay/buckskin with added paint genes. It's not a tan-point dog, and the only thing that's gonna make it a 'tri-color paint' is if Bob Ross comes back from the dead and works his magic all over it with 'happy little trees' and 'friendly little waterfalls'.
"Elegant" - Underweight or scrawny, with the likeness of a deer. Feed your damn horse.
"Spirited" - Untrained or very little training. Get off your ass and train your horse.
"Flashy" - Usually a paint. It's no more flashy than any other horses just because it has white, unless it has blinky lights growing on its ass.
"Stud Prospect" - Uh yeah, it has testicles, that makes it capable of getting a mare pregnant... Does that mean it should be allowed to? 99% of the time hell no. Most of the time its a conformationally flawed youngster with nothing to show for itself and no record of doing anything.
"Broodmare Prospect" - It has a uterus and is capable of carrying a foal. Does that mean it should be allowed to? 99% of the time hell no. Most of the time its a conformationally flawed youngster with nothing to show for itself and no record of doing anything.
"Richly colored" - Any color other than gray... err, gravy?
"Champion bloodlines" - Usually the champions are 5, 6, 7 or more generations back and really account for nothing. All registered horses with 'championship bloodlines' have champions somewhere in their history.
"Rare breed" - Usually not that rare at all. The new 'trendy' breed, such as Gypsy cobs. A breed used for steaks?
"Started" - Probably had one or two rides only. Or dinner will be ready in a while?
"Green" - Probably had three or four rides only... or the color of grass.
"Grade" - Mixed breed... or a mark you receive on a test.
... and on and on.
Dog people use words like:
"Designer breed" - ...A mutt. Usually concocted of breeds that were stupidly purposely bred together with a name that is a mixture of the parent breeds and sounds equally as stupid.
"Hypoallergenic" - Usually a poodle mix. There is no such thing as a hypoallergenic animal. If you actually found/created a true hypoallergenic animal, you'd be a billionaire.
"Tea-Cup" - Bred to be way too damn small. Usually pictured as a 2 week old puppy, eyes barely open, in a small coffee cup or next to a soda can. Will not stay that small. Very fine-boned and prone to health problems.
"Non-shedding" - Usually a poodle/bichon mix. Curly hair that grows continuously and requires grooming every 6-8 weeks. Meaning you better have the money to pay a groomer.
"High-Content" - More blood of one breed than any other breed but still a mix. High-content? Is that anything like high-octane fuel? Or... they are highly content with life?
"Wolf Hybrid" - Wolves and dogs are both canines. A hybrid is a cross between species, like a lion/tiger to get a liger or a donkey/horse to get a mule. Usually a silver/black sable husky/malamute mixed with something else, or a Czech/Saarloos wolfdog (which are domesticated breeds not part wolf).
"Rare breed" - Usually a new purpose bred 'designer' mix, or the current 'trendy' breed. Or a dog bred for steak?
"Champion bloodlines" - Usually the champions are 5, 6, 7 or more generations back and really account for nothing. All registered horses with 'championship bloodlines' have champions somewhere in their history.
"Not fixed. Breeding prospect." - Meaning it can be used to churn out more puppies the world doesn't need. Usually of shitty conformation/type, most often a small dog used to create more 'tea-cup' mutts in a puppymill.
"Partially trained" - Knows 'sit' and not much else.
"Good yard protection dog" - Spent it's entire life on a chain with little or no human companionship.
"Exotic color" - A non-typical/non-accepted color for the breed produced by breeding in another breed that carries the color and attempting to breed that breed out again leaving just the color.
...and so on.
It's absurd the lengths that people will go to just to sell something. The amount of blatant lies and sugar-coating is easy to see when you look in any classified section. They will tell people anything they want to hear get a few dollars. What's worse, people believe it! I suppose, then, if ignorance is bliss, then why aren't a hell of a lot more people happy (especially with they purchase)?
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