What is your opinion on designer breeds?

[lwds]

Mixed breeds are mixed breeds. If shelters can get more dogs into good homes by calling them "designer names" I am okay with it

I find it disappointing that PF has 134 "Cockapoos" listed on their site and that shelters and rescues have that option to choose that as a "breed."

[Lori Jordan]

I do not think there is anything wrong with them,I cannot put any animal at the side to be ignored or mistreates or even hated for stupid reasons,i truly believe in every situation that a animal is involved is never there fault instead of hating the dog.....the hate and anger should be turned to the people that are breeding and producing the dogs,These animals never asked for this to be done,So i am sticking with i dont hate them,they still deserve the love and attention that all our dogs have whether there purebred,a mutt or in this case a designer breed,Remeber humans are the only ones that can make these things happen not the dog.

[Lady's Human]

There are some valid reasons for creating a mixed breed, for instance goldendoodles were bred so people who were allergic to dogs can have an assistance dog. (That being said, there is no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog, period. It depends on the person)

To create mixed breed pups to make money? Nope, totally against it.

[buttercup132]

I dont like them at all. I agree with what everyone on here has said about
the down points to them and why they shouldn't be bred.
They are no less a dog and deserve no less love and its not their fault idiots bred them I just think there should be a stop for future ones and feel bad for the poorly bred dogs.

Although I would like to say Id rather have Designer breeds made then
BYB ruining pure bred dogs by bad breeding. Like Shitzus , there are alot that come into my work and I can tell right away when they come from a BYB most of them are deformed in one way or another but the most common is bulging eyes and short bowlegs. It truley is very sad.

Why do people keep making these threads on them though?
There has been so many threads about them and they just get heated and
end up in someone hating someone else
If you want to know what people think look back on a old thread.. theres TONS

[areias]

What bothers me the most is that designer dogs are NOT being sold by responsible breeders. Parents are NOT health tested, they are sold as quickly as they can come out...it's upsetting. They are sold by pet stores (puppy shops) and are a huge target for puppy mills. Although there are people out there that don't understand this, and don't try to understand. They also think they can breed cute pups and make money off it, not knowing what damage they are doing to these dogs. Then the people buying are thinking well, I spent so much money on this dog I should breed them. Thus creating a vicious cycle.

Sure, I could breed Romeo to a Lab, and pull out the cutest ones and advertise them as "speckled labs". I've often thought-haha, I wonder what that would like if I bred Romeo with ___. But, I know better, I know the damage it does. Some people really have NO clue, and act upon the impulse, or the joke. Education is KEY with things like this.

And another point to make...our current recognized breeds did not come from just a mixing of two breeds. It took many years, many dogs with certain characteristics, special breeding and culling and trying to pinpoint exactly what is needed to get a dog that would do the things we wanted.

[Suki Wingy]

I do not think there is anything wrong with them,I cannot put any animal at the side to be ignored or mistreates or even hated for stupid reasons,i truly believe in every situation that a animal is involved is never there fault instead of hating the dog.....the hate and anger should be turned to the people that are breeding and producing the dogs,These animals never asked for this to be done,So i am sticking with i dont hate them,they still deserve the love and attention that all our dogs have whether there purebred,a mutt or in this case a designer breed,Remeber humans are the only ones that can make these things happen not the dog.

No one's blaming the DOGS themselves. Why would we be mad at dogs, they're no less a dog than a pure bred!