I have been reading so mnay negative comments about breeding cross breeds. Why? To be honest, I am as open to owning a mongrol as a pedigree???

a few members in particular apear to have a real problme with breeding dogs that aren't purebred or crossing breeds. I just can't understand it. If the dog and bitch are healthy and ready, and the same steps taken as breeding a pedigree e.g health tests/findg homes first - i really can't see a real issue...

...neither can I.

Because people seem to think that crossbreeds are healthier than purebreds. this is wrong, crossbreeds can get all the health problems from both parent's breeds, the same as a purebred. if the crossbreed's parents are health tested, then this is fine in my opinion. but what gets me annoyed is that because people think crossbreeds are healthier than purebreds, they don't health test the parents, which is as dangerous as buying a purebred with no health testing.

and there's this designer dog craze going on, breeding from bad stock, not health testing etc etc, all for money.

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its because when your breeding crossbreeds your not breeding to a standard so you dont know what your going to get, and neither is the new puppy owners, which is why so many end up in shelters, they're not bred for a specific size, shape, look or temperament.

plus you cant register the pups so then if the pup's owners decide to breed they're going to be doing it blind as there'll be no papers so they cant study the lines and find out the health problems within them

i'm happy owning crossbreeds but i wouldnt breed them

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when health tests been done and the dogs matched to each other aint a ridiculous cross such as dachshund with a dane (if u know what i mean) then i personally rather it being done this way than any other way....

but most crossbreeds arent bred responsibly and with the design names and the large market for those design dogs these days dogs are being exploitet, sold for high prices though bred despite bad temperament , health and endorsements are being ignored.... and often false claims are being made about the coat types, temperamets etc...

breeding crosses often is done also for the wrong motivations which isnt in the best of interest of the two dogs involved and the resulting pups....

You can never truely know the parentage behind a cross breed. Therefore you wont know what breed specific health tests need to be done in order to prevent those disorders from cropping up in puppies.

With Cross breeds you also have the potential of temperament issues, not knowing what could happen between two different breeds coming together...it's just not worth the risks.

I started a thread like this a few weeks ago and it opened a HUGE can of worms.

We own a beautiful 15 week old jrt x chi who is obviously a cross breed who we love VERY much.

I just hope that this thread doesn't start the same problems I had.

some have been crossed obviously but with an aim and not to produce a random dog because there is a market for its funny name