dab_20... I don't think you get it -.-

The ONLY reason to breed dogs is to better their breed and apply in every way to the breed standard! Period. Yes, breeding your purebred pet Golden Retrievers together is just as bad as if you were to breed your pet Golden to the nieghbor's pet GSD. To have a breedable dog, the dog needs to be shown in their sport (Border Collies should actively be trained in herding, Labs in sporting/dock-jumping, etc), registered of course so that all of the puppies have clear certification of their lineage, OFA certified and BAER, eye tested and absolutely healthy, and a WONDERFUL example of their breed. The breeders also need to stop giving their puppies away to who ever walks by and has $100 on them, and start screening future homes and only selling pups to people that have signed a contract (which included spay/neuter for pet quality puppies) and have been interviewed and home-checked. If this were common procedure for ALL dog breeders, there would be no dogs in shelters!

Anyway, the bottom line is that the reason that people should not breed mixes is because they are improving absolutely no standard, they're doing nothing for their dogs. Mutts are awesome, I KNOW, but the sad fact is that mixed breed dogs have no predictable size, temperament, structure, health, or anything! And, a lot of the time, neither do poorly-bred BYB purebreds. The fact is that in shelters around the country, you do not see stunning (though many of the dogs there are still stunnning ) show quality, extremely well-bred dogs sitting around waiting to be euthanized ~ you see a majority of mixed breed dogs, followed by lots of suspected purebreds that are almost always out of their standard. Good breeders, who work to improve their breeds, will not cross-breed dogs and they will not allow their puppies to end up in shelters