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Originally Posted by shopstump Yeah I know what you mean!! *cough*Jeff Dane*cough* ... sorry I had to say it. It's the same thing with "Designer Dogs" ... Stump is Half Yorkie / Half Maltese and I love him this way and wouldn't have it any other way. But I by no means think he is a "Designer Dog" .. he is a mutt haha but I love him and he is the greatest dog in the world to me. I couldn't imagine paying $2,000 for him because his breeder had an accident. |
I think the problem with the designer dogs, is that most breeders didn't have an accident -they are doing it on purpose. I'm afraid that now breeders feel like they can just breed any two animals and have a new breed. I do understand that all of our dogs were mixed with another breed somewhere back in time but it is my understanding that most of those were bred for a specific purpose, not just to see what two breeds would look like bred together.
I hate to see our older breeds lost by mixing breeds and it saddens me to see such indiscrimate breeding when our pet population is way out of control now. I personally don't feel like anyone should breed any dogs that they are not willing to take care of including any offspring of those pups. That would certainly be a big responsibility. I believe if more people seriously considered what is happening to our pet population, they would spay and neuter their pets. At least that is what I hope for
