Ok recently there has been alot of heated debate about cross breeding of dogs. What are your views on this topic? what are the rights and wrongs?
Voice your opinions.. listen to others.. we can all learn something from eachother but most importantly respect eachothers views...

I dont know a great deal about this subject!! I've owned a couple of cross breeds without problems.. have I been lucky? do some breeds cross better than others? or do cross make perfectly healthy pets? Educate me...

so come one.. cross breeding... discuss!!!!

i breed bulldogs and wouldnt personally cross breed them but know a lot of people with cross breeds, especially staffies and they are great dogs

cross breeds often have less health issues as the animals aren't closely related to each other

its all the rage at the mo cross breeding dogs, god knows why
take the lab x poodle started by disabled charities for there nature,
you get it just as well nature in pedigree dogs,
ok they done it for a reason,
but you look on sites and see so meny dogs being crossed with something other
i have had both crossed and pedigree's.
never had any trouble with any
although ped's can have problems and need the checks before breeding.

although i dont think you should breed crosses as so meny in rescue
but if by accident ok cant be helped

I thought this was the case too... but I've since heard someone say it's the other way round?? what is the facts on this?

It seems to be quite trendy to have crosses these days eg - cockapoo, Labradoodle etc.. do these dogs have problems?

Is it ok to cross similar breeds such as two types of bull breed etc?

my family have had a mix of both cross breeds and pure breeds of good pedigree with all health checks and have had more health problems with the kc dogs than the cross breeds. I agree that there is a fad of charging very high prices for these dogs whitch should be stoped. There is a place in this world for all types of dogs as long as people do not breed ANY dogs that have health isues. I also firmly believe that any dog not intended for breeding should be neutered or spayed to prevent any unwanted pups whether they are cross bred or pure breeds, this in itself would help a little with the over population of dogs.

A friend of mine owned two cross bred dogs, he did breed from them once but only when there was many people he knew who wanted a pup and asked him if he would consider having a litter as his dogs had such a good nature, he had his dogs health checked and decided to go ahed with mating them.

All pups had homes before they were born as do many pedigree pups, and both adult dogs were spayed/neutered after, so no further litters, to me this was a well thought about mating and all pups went to good homes.

I am not knocking pure breeds as I have a 10 year old chihuahua and used to own a pedigree german shepherd who passed away 2 years ago at 11 years old, as long as it is done in the right way for the better of the breed and for temperament etc and not for money. Many breeders love their animals and do right thing by them and these are the people who should be breeding.

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I also agree that people who do not want a specific breed of dog should firstly go to rescues to get a dog as there are thousands needing homes.

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Cross breeding imo is wrong,the rescues are full to bursting point not just through cross breeding but also irresponsible thoughless breeding.

Cross breeds are still likely to have inhereited health issues as there are no dogs/breeds that don't have genetic conditions.

In the present climate it is in my opinion dangerous to cross the bull breeds,you could end up with a "Type" looking dog,which could be seized under the DDA.
Breeders who do cross breed are Irresponsible,it indicates to me they very rarely think of the health & welfare of the dogs & are usually only interested in the money such a litter will bring.

i totally 2nd that. plenty of dogs with plenty of love to give

The trouble with rescues is they have stupid rules in place which can sometimes make it difficult,so people choose to go to a Breeder.Alot of rescues can also have problems.