Unfortunately, a non-shedding coat or intelligence is usually NOT why people buy $1,000+ designer mutts. They usually buy them because they believe the breeder's selling gimmicks. That is why designer mix breeders use the terms: rare, exclusive, one-of-a-kind/unique, original, "found nowhere else", etc. to boost their sales and hook unsuspecting buyers. Since we live in America, where, typically, price=quality, many buyers are tricked into believing that a mutt with a price tag of $2,000 is somehow "better" than a $75 mutt from a pound. As well, most people have the assumption that pound puppies are somehow inferior or mentally not right in the head, like a biter, nipper, furniture destroyer, untrainable, etc.

The human race is pretty shallow, huh?