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yorkiesmiles · 02-19-2006, 08:26 AM

I agree I hate the term designer dog - what a bunch of hoopla over nothing.

I don't get this. The prices folks are paying for these mixed dog breeds is unbelievable. There's no registry, yet they get these absorbant prices for what a few years ago would have been considered a mutt, a mistake - you know the neighbors dog, a lab, got our female poodle while she was in heat - type of situation. Some dog owners would have in the past gone as far to have those type of mistakes aborted!

My aunt actually use to have a sheep dog-poodle mix yrs ago, because of a mistake. Maybe that could be a new design - actually to cut down on the huge size of the sheep dog.

Do you think AKC or anyone else would ever recognize these dogs?? I know they occassionally add a breed, but how many decades will it take for any of these "designer" dogs to break into a registry. Or will they first loose their appeal and again be known as a mutt.

ok - I had posted some of this yesterday in another thread, about the news story. But I'm just passionate about this. As a former breeder of Bichons and Siamese, I just can't imagine bilking people out of the thousands folks are paying for these dogs!

02-19-2006, 08:26 AM	#7
yorkiesmiles Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,493	I agree I hate the term designer dog - what a bunch of hoopla over nothing. I don't get this. The prices folks are paying for these mixed dog breeds is unbelievable. There's no registry, yet they get these absorbant prices for what a few years ago would have been considered a mutt, a mistake - you know the neighbors dog, a lab, got our female poodle while she was in heat - type of situation. Some dog owners would have in the past gone as far to have those type of mistakes aborted! My aunt actually use to have a sheep dog-poodle mix yrs ago, because of a mistake. Maybe that could be a new design - actually to cut down on the huge size of the sheep dog. Do you think AKC or anyone else would ever recognize these dogs?? I know they occassionally add a breed, but how many decades will it take for any of these "designer" dogs to break into a registry. Or will they first loose their appeal and again be known as a mutt. ok - I had posted some of this yesterday in another thread, about the news story. But I'm just passionate about this. As a former breeder of Bichons and Siamese, I just can't imagine bilking people out of the thousands folks are paying for these dogs!