"Designer Dogs" - curious

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by misslissa

i cant say anything about a Yorkie/Maltese cross but i read some wear that when you mix dogs they normally take after there father.i don't know how true it is but
your horse/donkey seems to fit.
however in nature you have crosses like the lion/tiger (ligers and tigons) which are a pretty even mix of mother and father

and just to add my two cents i have a "designer dog" a chiweenie (chihuahua/dachshund) i call her Chi-Chi if someone asks what breed she is i tell them some kind of mutt because as much as i love her that's what she is, some kind of mutt

Actually, ligers, where dad is a lion and mom is a tiger live much longer, and tigons usually die shortly after birth.

I have read of differences depending on whether which species is the father vs the mother. Not too long ago, I read about some hybrid dog breed, but I can't remember which breeds were involved. The site claimed that the offspring were completely different if the mother was one breed vs the father being that breed. I don't know if any of this is true though, usually mixed breed offspring in the same litter look so different. I think the father's breed comes first in the naming of a hybrid, for example a Morkie would have a father who was a Maltese, and a mother who was a yorkie, while a Yorktese would be a male Yorkie with a female Maltese. Mixed breed breeders usually don't keep good records and don't really keep in contact with puppy families to see how adults turned out, so I don't know if there's any real research on this.

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Actually, ligers, where dad is a lion and mom is a tiger live much longer, and tigons usually die shortly after birth.

There is actually such a thing as a liger??? I had no idea.

For dog crosses, wiki to the rescue: Canid hybrid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

There is actually such a thing as a liger??? I had no idea.

"Yeah, it's probably like, my most favorite animal." (Brownie pts for whoever catches that reference.)

Seriously though. Yes, they exists and they are MASSIVE....much larger than a lion OR tiger. In lions, the female's genes control growth/size, in tigers, the male controls growth/size. Because they use the sex from each species that does NOT control growth, the darn animals grow to be HUGE. (Oy vey...too much Animal Planet!)

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

"Yeah, it's probably like, my most favorite animal." (Brownie pts for whoever catches that reference.)

Seriously though. Yes, they exists and they are MASSIVE....much larger than a lion OR tiger. In lions, the female's genes control growth/size, in tigers, the male controls growth/size. Because they use the sex from each species that does NOT control growth, the darn animals grow to be HUGE. (Oy vey...too much Animal Planet!)

Ding! You owe me a brownie. Plus some chapstick. You'll have to bring it over to me.

I totally thought a liger was a mythical animal. I thought it was a tiger with a unicorn horn. My world is falling apart over here.

[speleogirl37]

Here's a couple pictures of ligers

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

"Yeah, it's probably like, my most favorite animal." (Brownie pts for whoever catches that reference.)

Lol, and it's bred for its skills in magic.

[yorkiekist]

They are also breeding the zorse. zebra x horse. I dont know if they are sterile but to me they look like a small horse with zebra stripes on the rump and conformationally look more like the zebra. I only saw one picture of it so I dont know if they all look that way.

[MyBabyFynnlie]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

There is actually such a thing as a liger??? I had no idea.

For dog crosses, wiki to the rescue: Canid hybrid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had heard about them before but seriously thought they were a joke. Here's a photo of the four. A tiger, a lion, a liger and a tigon.

http://www.furrybones.com/images/tig...igon-liger.jpg

I love them!

There's also a thing called a Wolphin. A cross between a dolphin and a false killer whale. There are only two in the WHOLE WORLD!

[Sunnie]

well, I have to say that it is too bad that mixed breed dogs don't follow the horse/donkey theory and were born sterile. It would sure curtail the epidemic of mixes in our shelters and puppy mill of "designer dogs" if they could not reproduce.. Not saying it to be mean as I also have 2 mixes of my own (not MY breeding) Just saying that the OPs post made me think (and that in itself can be dangerous...lol)

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

Ding! You owe me a brownie. Plus some chapstick. You'll have to bring it over to me.

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Lol, and it's bred for its skills in magic.

HA! Brownies to you both! I actually have a gray t-s**t with ^that^ drawing on it that says, "It's probably like, my most favorite animal."

[ourfirstyorkie]

Originally Posted by cally930

You learn something everyday. I never heard of a hinney - LOL! And never knew they were sterile. I love this site. I love yorkies. And with that said, unfortunately we live in a society of fads and trends. And of course, when you hear "designer" well....... I'll stick with my yorkies. I also want to take the time and say "Thank You" for all the great knowledge I have obtained through everyone's comments.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

HA! Brownies to you both! I actually have a gray t-s**t with ^that^ drawing on it that says, "It's probably like, my most favorite animal."

Ha ha, I have one that says, "I've got skills!" For those who don't get the reference, it's Napoleon Dynamite.

[107barney]

I dont know what a hinney is. But, I thought it was hiney when I first read it! LOL!!

[Beamers Mom]

Originally Posted by 107barney

I dont know what a hinney is. But, I thought it was hiney when I first read it! LOL!!

A cross between a female ass and a male horse. - Can be hinny, or hinney.

Now you know a hiney is something completely different

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by MyBabyFynnlie

There's also a thing called a Wolphin. A cross between a dolphin and a false killer whale. There are only two in the WHOLE WORLD!

No. Way. That's crazy!

Dolphin is my very favorite animal, after the yorkie, of course.