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Originally Posted by Lorraine  You are not going avoid health issues with a mixed breed, there is not such thing as hybrid vigour by mixing breeds in dogs. Hybrid vigour is usually from mixing two species that will breed such as the horse and the donkey.
Yorkies can genetically carry things like liver shunt for example. Liver shunt is even more common in Maltese. Breed a yorkie and maltese and you have a really high chance of issues. Also mixed breed breeders are not going to be able to get their Yorkie, Maltese or poodle for example from a reputable breeder as a reputable breeder will never sell to someone who has the intent to produce mutts.
As a dog groomer I have seen so many health and behaviour issues in mixed breeds of all sorts. |
Sometimes they inherit the best traits of both breeds...but sometimes, the inherit the worst....
There are hundreds of thousands of mixed breeds dogs and puppies sitting in shelters waiting to be rescued. Most reputable breeders are breeding because they are trying to improve the breed and it's overall health based on a standard set by AKC. They aren't breeding just to sell dogs and make a profit, but they do end up selling dogs because not every dog they breed is show quality.
Breeding a Morkie would be pointlesss since they cannot show it...and they will only end up as pets...and if that's the case, it's senseless because it's just attributing to the pet overpopulation for no good reason....other than to make a profit.
If you paid for your pup and the breeder is willing to replace your dog with a purebred, that sounds like a good deal to me. I would be hesitant about getting another dog of any kind from the same parents as your pup if there was a chance that the same problem could be passed down in your new puppy. It would be horrible to suffer the same heartbreak all over again.