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Originally Posted by Lorraine

Right on and well put. I would never have a problem with '' if they called them mixes or mutts which they are and charged a nominal adoption fee. I wouldn't have a problem if they didn't sell them with so many false claims such as hybrid vigour or the hypoallergenic labradoodle who are not in fact hypoallergenic many times and have a great potential to shed as labs do and if you don't brush and comb a poodle if its coat gets to any length it will mat up with coat trying to come out.
A cross can have the same health problems as any of the purebreds that make it up. Some crosses can be a nightmare as the mixes are made of of breeds with totally different purposes and uses for dogs such as the Puggle, mix of a beagle (hound) and the PUg( a toy or companion dog) I have friends that work in Pug rescue and they have been inundated with puggles that are unmanagable and some end up being euthanized due to unsolvable behaviour problems.
Many many crosses end up with dental problems because the mix has created bites and teeth that are way off.
I agree, that if you don't care if you have a purebred or a cross, go out and adopt one from a shelter.
Somebody asked if a purebred breeder would allow a breeding of my purebed Yorkie to a different breed or mix and I would say absolutely not and I have been phoned and emailed looking for a stud service for one of my boys to other breeds or mixes. I didn't spend 10 years of blood sweat tears disappointments and money to show my dogs, pay good stud fees to exceptional males to improve my Yorkie line to then turn around and breed them to make a mix breed.
No reputable show breeder would be involved in the mix breed production. As a purebred breeder it is against our ethics, against our Club Code of Ethics.

Great post!
I think some maybe cute but prefer the breeding of purebred dogs done by reputable breeders. I hate seeing any two dogs thrown together so some can make a buck.

Many of these designer dogs are as Lorraine stated marketed with false claims.

Example: The labradoodle having a non-shedding coat.

The fact is labradoodles have just as good of a chance of getting the coat of the lab and shedding than as the dog getting its coat from the poodle. It seems some breeders make these claims as a selling tactic and the public are later disappointed when their labradoodle sheds after all.