Mi-Ki ???

[nvnvgirl]

My sister had one a few years ago, but had to rehome it. I don't remember how much she paid for it, but I think it was about $2000. It got a lot bigger than she thought it would and it was very hyper. Other than that, I never even saw the dog she had and wasn't interested enough to research them.

[Patti]

I went to the Pet Expo and their was the Mi-Ki club their and they had about 10 Mi Ki's with them. They were very sweet dogs but all had cottony coats and were different sizes and colors. They said the pet males go for 1500 and show females are about 3000. I have attached some pics I took.

[Patti]

a few more
Their website is www.imrmikis.com and they have 2 females and 1 male for sale right now.

[Nikki+2]

I am in love with the ones that look like lop eared papillons but the standard is awfully forgiving. One of the links I clicked from this thread said the standard includes any color, any markings or solid colors, lop eared or erect, long haired or short and smooth coat and coarse. Even the long hair was allowed to be groomed 2 different ways for show. I think they need to make just a few decisions on what the standard is. Some of them are just adorable though.

[Patti]

They has 2 small ones but they didn't look very energetic. The rest were pretty good size and looked kind of messy. They were all very calm.

[MyFairLacy]

some of them are cute...but like I said, not at all consistent. The tear staining on most of those dogs in the pics is aweful...I can't stand tear staining...and on show dogs?

[betsi]

Thanks for the pictures, Patti! They do seem to have alot of tear staining..that's why I don't have a maltese. Their laid-back personality is what makes them such good therapy dogs. Did you notice excessive barking? I just think they are SO cute!

[betsi]

Originally Posted by hha

they are cute..you are going to find a lot of different looks in them, but, I also see a lot of different looks in yorkies
there is like 10 of them on puppyfind..they start out at under $1000 and up
http://www.puppyfind.com/for_sale/?b...3Dm%26page%3D1

Good point Yorkies have a strict standard, but they are all sizes and colors, ears up and down, different coats. But at least the exact standard to strive for has been outlined. But I still want a cute little Mi-Ki girl with pappion-ish ears A girl can dream, right?

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by betsi

Good point Yorkies have a strict standard, but they are all sizes and colors, ears up and down, different coats. But at least the exact standard to strive for has been outlined. But I still want a cute little Mi-Ki girl with pappion-ish ears A girl can dream, right?

yorkies by the standard do not have different looks...in the pet world, yes, but not in the show ring. A yorkie that meets the standard is consistent in structure, color, etc.. with only very slight differences such as different shades of blue and gold, slightly different sizes, slightly different looks to the face, etc....not ears up/ears down, cotton/silky coat, many different colors, or large variations in size. But one Mi-Ki seems to look very different from another..and these are Mi-Kis being shown

[betsi]

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

yorkies by the standard do not have different looks...in the pet world, yes, but not in the show ring. A yorkie that meets the standard is consistent in structure, color, etc.. with only very slight differences such as different shades of blue and gold, slightly different sizes, slightly different looks to the face, etc....not ears up/ears down, cotton/silky coat, many different colors, or large variations in size. But one Mi-Ki seems to look very different from another..and these are Mi-Kis being shown

They do look very different. It makes it difficult to tell what you are really getting. Do you think that, in like 50 years, if they keep breeding them like they do now, they will be more consistent? Well, never mind..cause unless they change the standard...too much flexibility, right? I do value your opinion. You are one smart Aggie I'm married to one, btw

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by betsi

They do look very different. It makes it difficult to tell what you are really getting. Do you think that, in like 50 years, if they keep breeding them like they do now, they will be more consistent? Well, never mind..cause unless they change the standard...too much flexibility, right? I do value your opinion. You are one smart Aggie I'm married to one, btw

If they keep the standard like it is now, I think there will always be a lot of variation. If they really want a consistent look, they are going to have to set a goal and breed for a specific look and write a standard based on what they want the perfect Mi-Ki to look like. There are so many breeds that originated from other breeds...a goal was set and dogs were bred specifically to get the traits they wanted in the breed. So, yes I think they could get consistency, but they are going to have to be more selective in the type of dogs they are breeding.

I don't have a problem with new breeds being developed if they are done the right way with a goal in mind. Like I said, I don't know what the goal is with the Mi-Kis. Maybe they are really trying to get a consistent look...maybe they are still trying to figure out exactly what they want the perfect Mi-Ki to look like..so maybe once the figure that out, they'll make a more specific standard. I don't know... will be interesting to see