I now have two purebred Yorkshire Terriers. But...ALL of my previous dogs were 'designer' dogs, and so were my parents' dogs, and my grandparents' dogs...
Back then we called them 'Heinz 57' for the most part...lol I did have some that the breed was known or identified...a Yorki-Poo, a Doxie-Poo, and plenty of Shep-Radors...and the 'Heinz 57' mutts, of course. Back then, acquiring a 'designer' dog was easy and only the cost was to feed, vet and welp your or your neighbor's dog and between the sire's and the dam's families, find homes for all the cute, cuddly, little yipping oops' you ended up with because of that hole you had to fix in the fence.
Now, they cost as much as a full size car and have their own registry...
