This could only happen in Japan...

[john14]

Pet pooch scam is baa-king mad

Sheep sold as poodles for $1600 each
Film star wonders why new pet won't bark
Couple suspicious when told their dog "had hooves"

THOUSANDS of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles.

Flocks of sheep were marketed as fashionable accessories - available at $1600 each - by a company called Poodles as Pets.

A real poodle retails for twice that much in Japan.

The scam was uncovered when Japanese film star Maiko Kawamaki went on a talk-show and wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food.

She was crestfallen when told it was a sheep.

Hundreds of other women got in touch with police to say they feared their new "poodle" was also a sheep.

One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves.

Police believe there could be 2000 people affected by the scam.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21629305-2,00.html

I just assumed the New Zealander's had been sending sheep to Japan but I was wrong...

[SlickHolden]

They thought sheep were poodles??? bahahahahahahaha.

Sheep....


Poodle....

Ok sheep and poodle.. Or was it poodle then sheep

[pdr]

This was such a great story, too bad it's a hoax.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/256525.htm

[jediali]

http://www.attackchi.org.au/kits.htm

[Vaigra]

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...postcount=1885

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[SlickHolden]

In pics 8-9 13-14 the dogs looks about as happy as a snapper on a reel.
What a toss act if dogs could talk i know what this dog would say

[carsnut]

LOL What were they thinking??

[bmwpower]

The city of Sapporo – where the Poodles as Pets company was alleged to be based – is on the Japanese north island of Hokkaido, which Cerebral Soup claims is the country's "centre of sheep breeding".

"Sheep are very well known – especially in bloody Sapporo," the blog read.

Further, the scam had not been reported by Japanese media and there was no trace to be found online of a company called Poodles as Pets.

So perhaps the story, originally sourced from UK tabloid The Sun, wasn't watertight – but it did offer an opportunity for some early-morning wordplay.

Good story would be better if it were certified true. I doubt people could be soo dumb..

[Cotterik]

shoodle?

[KonaGreen]

shoodle?

Bwahahahahhaahahaha. Thats just great. Hoax or not, that is just great.