What's a designer dog?

[Jessika]

A "designer dog" is basically someone saying "well these two dogs will look cute if bred together!" so they breed to make mixed puppies and go from there. It's sad really. Pups like Labradoodles are examples of "designer breeds".

[Flatcoatluver]

they make this cute little name up then sell them for like 1000 when you can go get them in a shelter and save a life

[Alysser]

OMG! Thats horrible. Worse then I thought! That should be illegal. They are taking away an owner who could save a really NEEDY dog

[finn's mom]

Well, most purebreds at some point started out as two types of dogs being consistently bred over and over until the same type of puppy was produced. And, it's basically no different now, except this is all the first stages of producing new breeds. And, because of people's awareness of such nonsense, and, because of the overpopulation of unwanted dogs and dogs that are euthanized every year, people aren't as ok with new breeds being produced. It'll be many, many years before we even see whether these new "breeds" will actually become AKC recognized (or recognized by another club). I just usually hate the silly names they come up with. Instead of just coming up with a totally new name, they always combine the two, and, they always sound stupid as heck. Obviously, the name is the least of the concern.

[Flatcoatluver]

here are some exaples of desinger dogs
puggle (pug and beagle mix)

labradoodle (lab and poodle mix)

Goldendoodle (golden retriever and poodle mix)

cockapoo (cocker spaniel and poodle mix)

[wolf_Q]

When thousands of perfectly healthy and nice dogs (mixed and purebred) stop dying needlessly in shelters every day, then and only then, will it be OK to intentionally breed mixes like that in my opinion.

[Alysser]

They aren't even that cute! Why do people have to be so stupid? Seriously, unwanted dogs are born every single day and then wind up in a shelter or worse, DEAD! Then, they just go an create more and more to make it worse.

[Love4BCs]

Are you all those purebred-loving people and against mixes?

[poofy]

When thousands of perfectly healthy and nice dogs (mixed and purebred) stop dying needlessly in shelters every day, then and only then, will it be OK to intentionally breed mixes like that in my opinion.

I dont think is it ok to be breeders of any of these just because they are popular at the moment..its why the shelters and streets are full..but it would help if the shelters would help people adopt..not tell you that you cant have a small dog but you sure can take a big one, or a standard poodle, that would be no problem..money shouldnt be a factor but it is..a good home should be the point..I didnt say I want a designer breed, never knew what they were till I read about them on Pettalk.and I already had SAmmyJ ...

[poofy]

Designer breeds, Mine are called designer breeds,
Sammyj..bichon/shi zu
Yollie..bichon/toypoodle
I didnt pay that for mine and they wouldnt let me adopt at any of the shelters.But they did say I could have adopt a large dog and it would be no problem at all..as they always have soooooo many of them...Im not big on the shelters out here..they made me mad, acted like bigger dogs didnt matter..And just because you have a "designer breed" does not make you a bad person..I just happen to be able to get these, and I wanted small dogs
and thats what I was looking for...and I did not pay a big price for them..

[Love4BCs]

I see this in two different ways.

I see the bad side.

But I also see a good side. It could make people more liking to the mixes and create more of a demand so ones in shelters are adopted. All dogs were created from mixes. There just didn't appear, say, 2 Border Collies one day. It was created from something else.

I don't see anything directly wrong with creating (Labradoodles).