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Originally Posted by Sunnyd There is something that confuses me about some comments regarding mixes or "designer dogs." I may get a good lashing for saying this, but I don't understand why people are so upset about "designer dogs." Isn't mixing dogs with certain characteristics how we got the purebreds we have today? Didn't all purebred dogs get established by mixing breeds?
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I wanted to post this so badly but the thread about my Dixies hair got heated and I felt I'd shy away this time. I dont register my dogs-4 of the 5 do have AKC papers. only Zoie was registered-because I bred her and people wont buy without papers. Angel has a full titled American champ line, and a titled germany line with a 3x world seiger-but I do not support AKC and what they have done to certain breeds. They ruined the German Shepherd-temperament, working, and contribute to hip dysplasia with how they think they should look(super elongated). Any breed that will make money for AKC , that will turn a judges head in a show will get its own "breed". If a labradoodle is top 10 dogs and some of the big judges like them they will become AKC. and yes most dogs were mixed to come to the breed they are today. Chichuahua's are suspected to not only be a mix of a dog-but a mix of a dog with a fennec fox!.
here is where our yorkies came from:
The Yorkshire Terrier had its beginnings as a breed in the Yorkshire, Manchester and Leeds counties in the northern part of England. The weavers of Scotland brought their families and dogs with them when they left their homeland. The Industrial Revolution had forced them out of work. The time was the mid 19th century, 1860’s and 1870’s. The dogs that accompanied these families were for the most part the sturdy Scottish Terrier. The Paisley and Clydesdale Terrier’s bloodlines were probably also included in the bloodlines. These were all working men’s dogs, used to keep the vermin under control in the textile mills and coal mines. What bloodlines were used to establish the Yorkshire Terrier is subject to much speculation, due to the fact that the breeders of these dogs did not write down who was bred to whom. If they liked the spirit and looks of the dogs, they mated them. It was chancey at best.
It is guessed that the Yorkshire county miners crossed the Black and Tan English Terrier, this dog was rough-coated, and the long-coated, blue-gray Waterside Terrier breeds were infused in the Scottish Terriers. The Maltese and Skye Terrier are also possibilities.
In 1865, the foundation sire of the Yorkshire Terrier breed, was born. Huddersfield Ben was owned by M.A. Foster, and he enjoyed a very public life, to popularize the breed in England. He demonstrated that he was very successful in the rat killing contests (these were quite popular in the 19th century), and he won more than 70 prizes as a show dog as well. In 1872, the Yorkshire Terrier was introduced into the United States, and was recognized by the AKC in 1878. But it wasn’t until the 1930’s that the Yorkshire Terrier took on its modern look. It is important to note that the Yorkshire Terrier up until the 1930’s usually weighed approximately 30 pounds, not the 3 to 7 pounds it does today.