Some people must really have more money than sense as the old saying goes. I paid less altogether for my three pedigree Border Collies from excellent working lines than they paid for just one of their mutts. I have nothing against crossbreeds, I've owned numerous in the past, mainly from rescue but it is beyond me why any thinks it is acceptable to breed for profit.

I always thought a cross breed was a dog from two purebred parents of differnet breeds and a mongrel was a dog of unknown origin or that has more than two breeds in it.

I hate the term designer dogs. Every dog was designed at some point, including all our now pedigree breeds but the way they use the term now just seems to be to add value to a standard crossbreed, there is little or no design involved other than thinking of a rediculous name.