Some crossbreeds are really cute. One thought though is that a poodle has 3 times the genetic defaults of a Yorkie or a Maltese so you might want to consider this. Also, I won't personally breed mixes because some of the mixes look 100% purebred and then somewhere down the line someone keeps breeding with a purebred and think they have a purebred. At some point the puppies come up with characteristics of another breed and yet they insist that the dog is a purebreed when it really isn't. Someone who really cares about the Yorkshire Terrier Breed would only breed those within the standard, free of genetic defaults, to another of the same. This is what is called for in ethical breeding, to preserve the standard so one day they don't disappear all together. |