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Originally Posted by Ladyhawk  No one has put anyone down for owning a mixed breed, I grew up with mixed breeds. We probably paid around $35. for one. What we are saying is that we think it is wrong for people to mix the breeds, call them designer dogs and charge people a mint for them. They are not an established breed and the temperments and health issues that may come with them are therefore unknown. If I purchased a poodle pup I would know what to expect as far as temperment, health issues, and looks when it grew up. Same goes with each established breed, there is a standard to breed by. You pay more for the dog because it is purebred and you are more likely to get what you were looking for when it grows up. When you buy a mix you never know what you will get. It may take after either parents, both parents or neither. A yorkie poo may look like a poodle, a yorkie or neither. It may have the health issues of either breed or bless it's heart it may have both. It may have a yorkie temperment or a poodle one. You won't know until it's grown. It should cost less because you are taking a gamble. |
I don't think this is always the case. You have to research and trust the breeder of pure bred dogs also. If we have learned nothing else on YT, the one thing that all of us have learned is not all yorkies are created equal.
If the breeder of a mixed breed is using dogs that are both good examples of their individual breeds the temperament should be as predictable as using two dogs of the same breed. As for the looks well that's another story.