I don't know who started the term designer breed, but the truth of the matter is that yorkie/maltese mixes (morkies/yorktese, whichever you call them) are in high demand in the area I live in. People are actually on waiting lists for them.
Now my Autumn is a purebred Yorkie, but when I tried to breed her to a yorkie I had problems finding a stud because the breeder we purchased her from wouldn't paper her. No one with a papered yorkie wants to breed with a non papared yorkie. The one person who WAS willing to stud his male out we turned down because his dog was blind in one eye. I wasn't gaurunteed the health of the pups. Also I didn't want a male larger than my Autumn. I was concerned that would cause pups to large for her to deliver. So we decided to go with my FIL's maltese as he was the same size as Autumn and we know his health records and vet background.
How much would I sell them for? I honestly have no clue. They are going for upwards of $750 or more in several of the larger cities North of us and I think that is ridiculous. I paid $400 for Autumn. If I had had a small male yorkie to pair her with I probably wouldn't have done the mix.
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