Chihuahua mix

Hello!
I am so sorry if you think I don't love all dogs.....pedigree or mix! They all mean the world to me. I mean, I do own a Staffordshire bull terrier mix myself and I love her as much as I possibly can. My point was not only the price, but the thought of mixing ANY breed and making money on top of it!! I mean if you're in it only for the love of a dog, why sell it then?? You do get my point, right? :wink: I understand the high price for an AK pedigree dog as this is actually a guarantee that you'll get what you're looking for and most importantly, you get papers that will show you who the parents are and so on...... plus getting that same dog from a reputable breeder will guarantee your puppy is free of hereditary disease. So imagine how sad it must be for breeders that have been trying for best qualities in a certain breed for centuries and then someone comes and starts breeding all over the place....... that's what makes me very sad .

Have a nice day!

Christina

Hello Nabi!
lol, don't worry about your age...... we're all getting older . Yeah, I can see things are done differently in different parts of the world, but I still think there have to be some rules. If not, there will be chaos. Imagine people started breeding everything and anything, in few decades there would be no breeds as we know them today. All the hard work of our ancestors would be for nothing! :shock: . I think mix breeds can be as cute, smart and loyal as purebreed, but I DO not support planned mix breeding and mostly do not support people that actually make money out of it. And believe me, any good breeder would agree with me. They're trying their best for their dogs to meet the standards and also for the healthiest dogs, so destroying their hard work is a slap in the face. There's also one thing I don't understand...... don't breeders sell puppies with a contract? Cause I know for a fact no reputable breeder would allow new owners to breed their dogs unless it is to another healthy AKC registred dog of the same breed. Specially if their only aim is to make money :x .

Have a nice day!

Christina

"Designer mixes" are really common, and some of them are pretty popular too, Cockapoos, Labordoodles, and Malte-poos can all go for prices as high as some pure bred dogs. My mom has a friend with a Cockapoo and it is a wonderful dog. Jessica Simpson just got a Malte-poo. A lot of these are bred to be "non-shedding", so you get a dog with all of the wonderful qualities of a lab combined with the poodle's curly non-shedding hair. I think it has gotten a little crazy lately, there are sites that will sell any mixed dog for as high a price as a pure bred by calling it a "designer mix". I see the benefits of some of these mixed breeds, and genetic variation is generally a good thing for the overall health...but I don't think pure bred prices are appropriate. Nor do I think mixed breed dogs should be registered. But that's just my opinion. We have a wonderful labordoodle in our puppy class and he's a nice dog but I think some breeders play up the value of a mixed dog too much.