I've had this same discussion on another forum with the exact same arguements. There are a couple of people on there who breed crosses and they use the same excuses that the resulting pups are healthier and better temprments. Funnily enough non of them actually keep any of the pups they breed, one even admits they do it because they get more money from the cross ups than purebreds and would go back to breeding pedigrees when the tide turns the other way again. From pictures posted the bitches used aren't very good examples of either breed, perhaps another reason to produce crosses.
I've seen some terrible crosses advertised too, most recently yorkiexbeagle and this weekend a litter of yorkiexbassetts. Many vets dont help either as some are quite happy to go on screen and extrole the virtues of crosses no doubt thinking it will encourage people to go to shelters to rescue an unwanted dog, instead its encouraging byb and puppy mills to produce stranger and stranger crosses for a public greedy for the next unusual thing. |