$3,000!!! OMG!!! For a "designer" dog???!!! Ok now that IS crazy! I can't believe people charge that, intentionally bred or accidental, that is waaaaay too much!

Ditto! I would pay that much for a very selective pure-bred (champion line), show quality.

O my God is she cute!

Morkie
 

I am not positive but it seems like the difference between a morkie and a yorktese is which side the male/female is on. Like a morkie would have a maltese sire and yorkie dam and a yorktese would have a yorkie sire and a maltese dam. I may have them mixed up but I think that is the difference.
I personally wouldnt pay as much for a mixed breed as I would for a purebreed but I would probably pay a reasonable amount for a morkie if they are as cute in person as some of the pics of them that I have seen. The ones I have seen pictures of remind me of a blond cocker coat color and have big expressive dark eyes. They are one of the few mixes that I would buy. Just so cute!!! I think I read somewhere that way back when - yorkies had maltese in them to start with.
I currently have several yorkies and had a maltese in the past and would love to have one again someday. My yorkies for the most part are more hyper then my maltese ever was. She was lap baby all the way! If mixing the two would result in a puppy that looks like the pics I have seen with a calmer demeanor - sounds like a wonderful little dog.
As far as only the people breeding show quality should breed - whether it be a yorkie or any other breed - if that was all that was out there few of us could afford them! I agree that breeders should strive to meet the standards for the breeds but look at all the ones that are outside the standard that we all love just as much.
As far as what you call them - a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, to borrow a phrase. So, call it designer, mix, mutt, whatever just call it to come and bring all its puppy love with it!
Guess I am rambling now. Good luck in your quest for a morkie!
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I got this pic off the net awhile back ...the middle pup is Sooooo Cute.

The middle type is the exact kind I want!!!!

I would say that is a maltese Daddy and a Yorkie mommy, thats how your going to get your light coloring IMO
I really think that baby is just adorable, I would love to have one.

OUCH! Was that necessary? Someone here once said that if you didn't approve of a particular thread you may want to ignore it. Just some food for thought.

I would consider it a cross breed.

I have asked people what their dogs are when I have seen them, when they hesitate and say something like "we or the 'Vet' thinks that he may have some shiba inu in him" MUTT.

If a person turns to me and says his mother was a maltese and the father was a Yorkie. Cross breed.

In years to come this won't be an argument, it will eventually become its own breed. It is inevitable. As long as good breeders know what traits they want to take from each dog and keep breeding them they will come up with an ideal Morkie/Yorktese specimen.

As far as not breeding them because there are other dogs in this world that need homes that is very true, but irrelevent. Should we buy puppies from puppy mills before breeders because they need homes?

Should people adopt children from orphanages and not have their own childeren? While it would be ideal to always turn to rescue it is not a valid argument.

Years ago we called mixed breeds Mutts, now days they are called designer dogs, and 30 years from now these may very well be registered breeds.

things change. It's all a matter of supply and demand.

LOL

I should have read your post before I posted, evidently we are on the same page. they are the dolgs of the future. Like it or not.

thank you! I think we can all agree to disagree...........and move on ....:rolleyes: