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I agree with you 100 percent..however sometimes its unavoidable.. Example.. when some one with a mixed breed will post something about thier dogs, such as "how big will my morkie get".. a simple question right? Well the OP will get responses like.. "its not a yorkie its a mutt so you dont how big it will be"
or "why do people continue to buy mixes" etc, etc and it turns into a debate making the OP defending themselves as to why the got the dog in the first place, making them feel very unwelcome, Ive seen it over and over again, in just the few short 2 months Ive been here.  |
Agreed.
I, for one, think crossbreeds are
adorable, interesting, and a time-tested method of coming up with "new breeds"...
People continue to buy mixes because crossbreeds are always the first step to a new breed. Sure, the first generations of that cross are going to be unpredictable in size/coat/etc...but that's because they're first and second generation experiments. I'm sure the first yorkie "crossbreed" ancestors looked *nothing* like the Yorkshire Terrier of today's standard.
Dogs are mixed because people like the combination of qualities that crossbreeds afford. It's not always just to make money. And there are plenty of people who breed purebred dogs for profit as well.
So since all dogs are essentially "mutts" and "mongrels", there's no reason to get up on a high horse about breed standards. Today's Shorkie is tomorrow's "Baltimore Terrier"....or whatever.