[DiorDoll]

I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with cross breeding dogs-a lot of the "pure bred" dogs we have today came from the crossing of other breeds. In fact, the Yorkie himself came from a cross breeding of at least four other terrier groups. As long as the breeder is a responsible one, the same as I would expect from a pure bred breeder, I dont see the harm in it and in fact I think its great.

And I believe that there is a difference between a "designer dog" and a "mutt". Designer Dog infers that the cross was a planned thing, had thought behind it, and was executed by a trained breeder. Mutt, on the other hand, just happens to be a mixed breed dog that you don't know what it is mixed with.

Do you notice that when a person who has a dog and knows the breed(s) they will say "Yes this is my german shepard-pit bull mix," or, "This is my Maltipoo". They don't say "This is my mutt" - Unless of course they don't know what he/she's breed(s) are. Even that is usually quickly followed by "But he looks like he has some poodle in him, doesn't he?"

No one has to necessarily save up for an expensive pure bred dog. I wanted a pure bred Yorkie and that's what I got. But I have also been the owner of a Shih-tzu-poodle and he was so smart and so wonderful and the breeder was great-lived on a huge farm with horses and the dogs and animals were so happy and healthy. He is 10 years old today and still plays like a puppy- thats all that matters. A Healthy Happy dog, and those come from GOOD breeders, not necessarily EXPENSIVE or PURE BRED breeders.

Okay im done know... takes huge breath.