{"id":98461,"date":"2010-06-09T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/lifestyle\/default-107\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:26:05","slug":"animal-companions","status":"publish","type":"living","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/lifestyle\/animal-companions\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Companions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"placements-acf-block-67e5dc8a494fe\" class=\"placements placements--has-more-posts-type-load-more align wp-block-peta-blocks-placements\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"placements__grid post-list site-grid\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"grid-item-1166777\" class=\"grid-item grid-item-1 grid-item--is-wide grid-item--is-living grid-item--has-media-credit\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-item__inner inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"grid-item__link cover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/lifestyle\/animal-companions\/5-reasons-to-never-buy-a-doodle\/\" title=\"5 Reasons to Never Buy a Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, or Any Other Dog\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">5 Reasons to Never Buy a Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, or Any Other Dog<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-item__thumb thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"grid-item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/lifestyle\/animal-companions\/5-reasons-to-never-buy-a-doodle\/\" aria-label=\"5 Reasons to Never Buy a Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, or Any Other Dog\" title=\"5 Reasons to Never Buy a Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, or Any Other Dog\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(max-width: 839px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iStock-2222813444-668x336.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 840px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iStock-2222813444-670x260.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iStock-2222813444-668x336.jpg\" class=\"attachment-668x336 size-668x336 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Goldendoodle\" loading=\"eager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-item__description description\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"category-label\">Animal Companions<\/span>\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>5 Reasons to Never Buy a Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, or Any Other Dog<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-item__excerpt show-for-medium excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doodle sellers claim the dogs are \u201chypoallergenic,\u201d \u201cpurebred,\u201d or \u201cethical,\u201d and use other buzzwords to get people to buy them. 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