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Originally Posted by jeanief  Your pups are darling and I'm glad you have a great experience With that said I don't understand the mix breeding and why people want them and pay the high price tag vs a purebred for the same price. With mixing I don't see how you can ever really know what traits you are going to get. Which parent will throw what trait? With Yorkies I would think people like the coats and with mixing you won't get that type of coat. Can I ask the OP what you didn't like about a purebred Yorkie that would make you buy a mix? I am not putting down mixes at all just really don't understand. I can kind of get the labradoodles because of a medium size dog that might not shed ( not many to choose from) but on the smaller non -shed I don't get it. |
Its not that I didn't WANT a purebred yorkie. I just thought the traits of a yorkie-mix were more desireable to what I wanted at the time. What made you want a purebred yorkie? What traits did the yorkie have that were desireable to you?
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Originally Posted by sweetr72 the traits of the bichon to me are very desirable...at least Darlas mom was...she is very gentle and easygoing...didnt shed. Bichons are a really nice dog and I would get one in a heartbeat if I wasnt so into yorkies now...I would think it would be about the same to have a yorkie/bichon mix as it would be to have a yorkie/poodle mix...no shedding being a big plus...chihuahua's shed so I dont see the desirability of mixing a yorkie with that breed really...unless you are ok with a shedding dog...which is why most people get yorkies...so they dont shed massive amounts of fur..
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I wanted a dog that was calm and gentle. Sometimes yorkies can be a little bit high strung. I especially wanted a dog that was good with children as I have a lot of children in my life (I'm a nanny). Not that yorkies AREN'T, but at the time... a mix seemed more desireable to me. To each his (or her) own.