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Originally Posted by Lorraine

Mixing breeds does not create a new breed. That is where people are misled and the "morkie" "shorkie" false advertising is born along with a bunch of puppies and dogs that end up in rescues because no one thinks to ask any questions of buyers before they are sold. Or the puppy didn't grow up to what someone thought they would get because the neighbours morkie is 5 lbs and looks like a Yorkie but theirs is 20 lbs and looks like who knows?
Read AKC or Canadian Kennel Club on their site about what it takes to have a new breed recognized. It is not throwing some dogs together, coming up with a catch name and marketing a new product.
That works with commodities not dogs.

Great post!!