For me I do not think that my Yorkies are any better then someone's mixed breed. What I do not agree with is the purposeful breeding for mixes. My feelings are that there are MANY mixed breeds that can easily be adopted through shelters and rescues. I feel that some of the reason so many "designer dogs" are ending up in shelters or rescue is because people are buying them thinking that for an example that all Morkies will grow up looking alike, so what happens is that someone sees a little mix and falls in love and then in turn buys the same mix and is disappointed because it looks nothing like what they orginally saw. In my day (I'm not too old 42) these so called designer dogs were simply refered to as mutts. Now, with all that said I will let you know that I'm a the lucky person owned by a Morkie, designer dog or as I prefer to call her mixed up pup. She is very regal and very smart and I get many compliments on her appearance. She is stunning. However, when someone asks I'm always quick to tell them that she is not the norm. I did not buy her from a breeder, I got her second hand out of the newspaper. Hence my point of how these mixes are accessible without paying the high crazy prices the breeders are trying to get for them. This is my Tia.
Elaine |