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Originally Posted by Britster  Just want to add that, to me, it depends on the purpose of the cross breeding. There are dogs like Lurchers or Border Jacks that are crossed for a reason and done responsibly for a specific purpose, which are vastly different than crosses like the Maltipoo, Chiweenie, etc that were just made up to have a cute name and which are cranked out to make money without any higher plan or standard. It's not the mixing that makes them bad, per se. Mix breeders get a bad rep because most of them are just doing it for a quick buck, they couldn't care less about the quality of their dogs and don't have any logic behind their crosses besides making 'cute puppies to sell'. It wouldn't matter if they bred purebreds; that kind of behavior is irresponsible either way. |
Very well put.
I do think that, for purpose of this conversation, we're talking about breeders that are just throwing 2 dogs together with no forethought or intelligent goal. However, there are exceptions with everything and, on the subject of cross-breeding, there are enough exceptions to make some blanket statements invalid. ANY type of breeding has its pros and cons and it's the breeder's intent (or lack of) and knowledge (or lack of) that speaks loudest.