I know what you mean and this hapens every day to many people. It's like rasicm for dogs now!!

I know how sad it is being told that you dog belongs on a street. This is the unaceptible outrages I HATE!! people thinking they are actually better because they have a piece of paper for thier dogs that states PURE BRED. I think both pure breds are the same as mixed in terms of love and caring. I agree that there are many dogs in shelters but even then I sell Morkies and if I don't sell them believe me shelters don't empty because of that there will alwaysbe 100 breeders makign these puppies pure bred and mixed in mass quantity more than what I make or can even handle. So it's a losing fight sorry to say unless new laws where to come out NOW!!

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Hun I have mixed dogs and I would pay a million dollars if I could afford it to keep them healthy and happy. Really the price paid is up to you ... You found Rex and fell in love with him and Rex is a dog and therefor worth his weight in gold and more I am sure... I said under a previous post that I was done with the conversation so I only am posting to let you know that Rex is a beautiful dog and worth everything you paid for him and more :) I just would not cross breed on purpose myself if I ever became a breeder. And I for sure would be able to answer each and every question that was thrown at me about my dogs if I did breed.

I understand but unless new RULES ARE MADE FAST!!! the Mixed dogs will win the fight, especially since i have found ofer 100 puppy mills online (NOT BREEDERS PUPPY MILLS) ok soem have 15 different names but is the same person but I found 100 different names of puppy farms (mills). which product mixed breeds in mass quantity. What to do? I would suggest the CKC AND AKC offer registration for these puppies as a MIXED MUTT OR ANYTHIGN ELSE they want to call it make this registration very good so the puppy mills will want to have their puppies registered (clients will ask for it that way) and then BAM!!! catch them all on the act. the CKC AND AKC could check how many puppies are registered per day month week or year and base findings on standards as to (if it a puppy mill or not) This could work and people could make complaints. Directly to the CKC as sometimes (CITY HALL OR SPCA cannot do much) you have to understand that puppy mills are not entirely illegal (if the puppy has shelter food and water plus a clean environement then they are legal.) But if you create a mixed breed registry where the only time someone would want to purchase a mixed breed is registered on there then the CKC could deny application to registering litter and they would have to stop breeding in mass quantities. In the long run this could work but I don't see a solution by tomorrow morning.

Why not?

This reasoning is not logical imo. A breeder who breeds two different purebreds together also pays for their dogs, with care and puts money into them....

Why is the mixed breed dog of less value to you if all else is the same, it's cute, great personality, healthy? What is really the difference?

I don't understand your argument.

IMO people who try to make this argument shouldn't complain that people who buy the mixed or socalled "designer" breeds are into the "status" thing because it could be argued that it is the person who owns the purebred who is really the "status" lover and wants a purebred so they can be proud and people will know they paid more. it makes sense since they value the purebred so much more.

I do not believe this but the argument can easily be turned around.

Innovative idea. :)

Why do you decide to breed a certain type of dog? Because you love the breed...i just cannot understand why instead of trying to keep the characteristics of the breed you try to destroy it. Why mix it? That is what i cannot understand...i would never buy a mix dog, and that does not mean that purebreds are better or worth more than a mix...hell no, i have a chi mix that i adopted from the pound and he is worth the same as my purebred yorkie...and even being a mix did not mean he is healthier, we alread spent more with vet bills with him than with my 2 purebred dogs together. But by buying it we are helping this type of "bussiness" grow...and i don;t care if other people will do it, i just care that i am doing my part by alerting people of this practice.

You can say that a purebred takes also a place of a pound puppy and it might even be true...but purebred pedigreed dogs are always on demand and are easier to find a home, it is sad but true. But between having dogs bred to achieve the breed standard and mutts...i rather breed purebreds. If everybody bred responsably this would not happen...and there's no way in hell any breeder can guarantee that one of the puppies they sold will never end up in a shelter...

There is no way to make a breed better, you can make heathier, but the breed has already been established...and i am sorry, a mix to me even being from 2 purebred dogs and coming from "champion" lines still a mutt. And i don;t mean as i personall attack on anybody on anyone...most of my life my family had dogs that were found on the street...but to buy a mutt, never!

Oh for Gods sake Kim!!!! I won't use the word PURELY ok? He breeds for profit.There, happy now? We had a conversation about gouging yesterday, I really didn't want to revisit it but I will if need be.
Of course morkies are adorable, ALL puppies are adorable. I do think it is wrong to charge 1200 bucks for one, but then I think it is wrong to charge 8000 dollars for a pet yorkie. To me it is a question of ethics plain and simple.

Please understand that the status is not always there though and there are some people who do not haev anythign wrong mith pure or mixed breeds. And here in Canada we see it more often in cities that the Mixed dog will be more popular than the pure breeds. But don't get me wrong they don't all fight over this it's like any general asumtion of the world there are some good people and some bad people. I guess we will se stuck to deal with it for a while.

I think there will always be purebred dogs. I do not think that "adding" new breeds or mixes means you destroy or weaken the exisiting breeds. I think this a false argument. Breeders of purebreds will not stop if they are purely breeding to "improve the breed" and for the betterment of their beloved breed.

If a particular breed were to disappear then it will be because people no longer value it and that is just the nature of things.

This would never happen with the yorkie!

There is a new post on this thread every 2 seconds! it makes my head spin :rolleyes:

Geeez I know! I'm having trouble keeping up with all the comments.

I donnot care for breeders that breed only to make money. Don;t get me wrong, not all purebred will be show quality, hell, Mojo is not even close, but the breeder always aims to reach the standard and is in it for love and not profit. What can you say about a mix breed breeder? It does as it please, and i dont mean by the health issues...i am not tring to judge anybody, just giving my opinion.

At the moment that you take a yorkie and you make a "morkie" you are creating a mix breed and distroying the characteristics of the yorkie and maltese standards.

And i would have a mix, and i do, but i would never buy from a breeder who intentionally does it. To me it is no different from puppy mills and backyard breeders. IMO.

First let me say I love MUTTS. I found a mutt on the road when I was 10 and lured it home. She was my dog it followed me everywhere. She was my best friend when I didn't have any. She had been badly abused (would never come near any man) and thrown out onto the side of the road. It looks like hell right now. it's deaf, blind, and can't control it's bowels....it's coat is aweful because it's terrified of clippers, but it has a home and it is loved.

That being said I think the reason choose purebreds over mixes (and why they may be worth more) is there is more of a history to the personality of the dog (unless the dog is it's own grandpa). When you make a mix you are hoping to get the best of both breeds and this is great, but that doesn't always happen. It's like to people having kids if that always happened we'd have millions of gorgeous, nice people, but it doesn't. It's a mix of traits and characterists. What if a poor pup gets all the bad traits of both parents....is anyone going to want that pup. With a purebreed there is more of guaranty what the pups personality and look with be and i feel that's why they are more in demand.

Just so no one gets affended....i think Rex is the cutest dog ever and if anyone asked me what kinda dog he is I'd tell him he's the kind that makes a great friend.

I'm very curious how you manage to remain a member in good standing with the Canadian Kennel Club?
The CKC has [U]very strict rules[/U] for any and all members.The rules are clear.... You are not permitted to breed.... and or sell mixed breed dogs!PERIOD Each month the official section comes out with a long list of members in violation( Who have been fined, penalised and or had full membership to the CKC revoked for selling and breeding Mixed breed dogs.
I personally choose to follow the rules that the Canadian Kennel Club has outlined in the membership Guidelines in order to remain a member in good standing.
I think ("morkies" are adorable)However!
If your interest is in selling mixed breed dogs< and you have a right to do so>Just not as a Canadian Kennel Club Member... lol
This is why and how so many other registration clubs have started! :animal36
I am not familiar with any other registries here in Canada but know that many exsist in the states.