I hope you are genuinely asking as I'm not going to have a back and forth with you again like on previous threads it's rude to the OP yes they are for the most part interchangeable especially on sites that advocate for the sale of designer dogs...hm who sells designer breeds mostly reputable breeders working on the creation of crossing genetics across breed lines or those who want to make a quick buck, thus there is so much misinformation, no there is no official breed or dictionary definition,well not one I'd expect you to accept here are a few links to start with I can send more, the ideal of designer breeding is to have a hybrid which is a 50/50 mix and a designer breed which (except Teddy Bears I just read about those) have a 25/75 or to get into the multi generations so the whole designer breed information is being created as of recent, the best idea to go with the responsible breeders working in this area, responsible meaning tracking genetics, crossing for the creation of a healthier "breed" whom has experience in the breeding, raising, training, showing of both the breeds they are mixing and not with the advertisements of puppy mill sellers. I'm no expert but I've been really into Schnorkies since having seen one for sale and realized someone was mixing my two favorite breeds, about 5 years ago when I started to research them. Most commonly you will find that most reputable designer dog breeders are in Canada, and that Canada started the first few registries...here's a few links to start reading-but to the point yes for the most part the names ARE interchangeable, well depending on the designer enthusiast you are talking to some take it way seriously-those who take most seriously are genuinely considered the authorities as they are taking the whole idea of breed crossing to create an improved breed which should be the motivation for any breeder-super controversial for most purebred breeders who are floored at the ideal of crossing two breeds I understand you already used designerbreed.com which is a vague description You'll mostly find the difference in name registration being used by the breeders themselves-similar to how Biewers started, before the Biewers A'la pom pon-which are actually the same dogs right-I wouldn't know anything about them, but most breeders use a name change in Schnorkie vs Snorkie instead of saying F1-F1 or F2-F2 this is an F-3 pup as most people prefer a cute name rather than a genetic definition-actually many of these designer dog breeders use the Dog DNA kits to start the registration of the genetic markers-I know you don't believe in those either though...quoting the doubts of someone who starts their statement "I don't use them know nothing really about them..." the hope is that enough people donate information (DNA ) to the registries and enough people demand the DNA tests and they are both profitable enough and used enough to prove the advancements in their ability to define certain markers found only in certain breeds and make the testing more accurate...most of the DNA companies have a notation about designer breeds and also (in fine print) list their accuracy rates done by independent laboratories.
Designer Dogs, Hybrid Dogs, Designer Dog, Hybrid DogAmerican Mixed Breed Obedience Registration — The AMBOR was established in an effort to improve opportunities for mixed-breed dogs and to acknowledge the efforts and achievements of their handlers in obedience competition.
Mixed Breed Dog Clubs of America — The MBDCA is a national registry for mixed breeds.
Below are two large scale designer breeders whom have recently gotten into designer and hybrid crossing and are applying their AKC breeding methodology to the breeding of hybridsI'm not entirely sure about these registries as some of the hybrid breeders seem to think they accept too many breeds from whomever not be discriminatory enough in selectively accepting whom may register a hybrid start to a designer line-again a lot of people doing this are BYB or puppy millers not those whom feel they are at the beginning creation of a more perfected outcome by crossing breeds
www.wildwindkennel.net/puppy/breed.php?b...Schnorkie Teapup-Small Breed Puppies (Beers)
Here's an interesting read that I think explains why the more reputable designer breeders don't like registries yet...they accept those whom are not closely watching genetics, here's an article that illustrates that-as I said the point of designer breeding is supposed to be to crop out breed defects in one of the two right-well if genetics aren't done correctly all one has done is created a mixed breed that carries on perhaps the genetic defects of two lines
http://www.tualatinkc.org/pdf/Respon...%20Disease.pdf
Okay I'm sorry to the OP I don't want to hijack your thread here Debra can pm if she wants any other information I'm not going to get off topic I was merely curios about the linage of someones dog as I'm so enthused with Schnorkies...or Snorkies..or any combination of Miniature Schnauzers/Yorkies...F1...F2...F3
) Hmmm how many names were there for Yorkshire Terriers before their officialness, was there a difference in those names because of the geographic and genetic make up of each until they were uniformed?