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Originally Posted by Lorraine Right on and well put. I would never have a problem with 'designer dogs' 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. |
i totally agree with you. people are getting these mixes under false advertising. people think anything mixed with a poodle won't shed, but they're wrong. when breeding two different breeds together your ecentually creating a mix of both qualities, but the good qualities that your looking for aren't necessarily going to be the ones that come out. And who's to say every puppy in the litter is going to be the 'standard' of the mix? i wouldn't spend thousands of dollars on a mix. i've go to a shelter or rescue and adopt one for much cheaper and use the money i saved to spoil them rotten