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Originally Posted by xoxStephie  I've always had a thing against crossing breeds intentionally. I believe breeding should be between two of the same breed etc... Well a couple minutes ago I came across this article. pug-beagle-love-puggle-wsj: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance It wasn't too horrible until I came across the part where a women is a broker... She sight out says she has some breed the puppies, ship them to her house, and she lists them online for x amount of money.
I couldn't finish reading the article because it was bothering me but I figured I would post it here and see what you guys thought.
By the way the yahoo headline that caught my eye was something about big business in designer dogs. |
First of all, I think the major objection to this article should be the poor breeding practices, or rather, lack of any breeding practices at all. The issue is that this is just a broker/mill operation. The cross-breeding or "designer dog" issue should be secondary IMO.
It seems you have more of a problem with this woman's disgusting "business" than anything else. I agree with that. However, I don't feel the thread was titled appropriately.
I don't think it is fair to directly and solely associate mixed breeds with THAT. I have a mixed breed and she definitely did not come from a terrible place like that. Do mills breed them and brokers sell them? Sure, but mills breed everything under the sun that will make them money including pure breeds.
Perhaps a more appropriate title would have been "Mill/Broker operations - does this bother anyone else?"
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Originally Posted by JESSY_RN2B Sad but true statistic.........many of those mutts will end up in shelters. No one can resist a cute puppy, but those cute puppies grow up and lets be honest here. Some of those "hybreds" are absolutely uncute as adults. Not that one should solely care about looks but that is one of the first things that attracts a possible owner to a certain breed.
Remember the dalmation craze?
The Goldren Retriever craze (Lassie)? |
Lassie was a Collie
Although I do love Golden Retrievers!
My mum had a Dalmatian mix, before I was born, that was the sweetest dog ever. She was from a shelter I think. She didn't get a pure Dalmatian because the lines were so badly ruined she was afraid of getting a dog with severe issues.
