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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  What's important to remember with the actual definition itself is that 'hybrid' means the cross of two breeds and the 'vigor' only means that the a triat possessed by the offspring was more desireable OR just more prominent than that of the parents. More prominent is not always a change for the better. I understand the "hybrid vigor" occurance that you are referring to. I understand the possible 'best of both worlds' outcome you are referring to and in the ideal world, that would ALWAYS be the case.
Bingo! Completely agree with you and I think this point was brought up already in this thread. All breeds started somewhere. They were cross bred with a point, there was lots of combined, long term research and compaisons of the resulting offspring and eventually there became a standard for the breed.
That is not being done with today's 'designer breeds,' which is what many take issue with. There is no collective effort to create a standard, to conduct research to seek out an eliminate or promote traits for future generations. It's all about just creating something cute in the present because people are willing to buy them.
(BTW, I am right there with you regarding T-Bone steaks!  ) |
So, you can see then, how they took two breeds, the Yorkie and the Aus. Terrier, to capture the best of both without passing on the genetic faults from either purebred parent.
Ok, so back to the designer dogs. The first generation is the hybred puppy. The yorkiepoo, or chorkie, or whatever cute name they get. People automatically think that by mating that puppy (they hybred designer) back to either another hybred of who knows what or back to another purebred parent type, that they will get a puppy that looks like thier hybred puppy. Hello! That is when all he!! breaks loose. That second generation litter is more likely to favor the genes from one of the original parent dogs. People don't understand what went wrong, then you have all these puppies that don't really fit in either catagory and end up in shelters. It is very sad all in an effort to make a quick buck.