[Shaggydog]

........Why are some breeds sold as speciality dogs,whils others are just mixed breeds? Dogs such as Labordoodles are being sold as much as $500,Cockapoos and other dogs being sold as purebreds. My sister tried to explain this ,but it still makes no sense to me.I understand that some were bred down the generations,like a Bullmatiffs,which is 60 % bulldog and 40% mastiff. To me,a Labordoddle is a mixed breed,yet I have seen one in the paper for $500.Are they a accepable purebred? Just wondering and still confused.

 

[rosemaryninja]

No, they are not a new breed. They are mixed breeds... lousy breeders just create mixes and advertise them as "fancy non-shedding, hypoallergenic" dogs. Some people know they're just mutts that you could also find in a shelter, but others actually get fooled and pay good money for those dogs.

 

[Keechak]

people can charge thoughs ridiculous amounts of money for a pet quality dog because their main market is to people who want the next big fad or just want something thats cute.

 

[poodleholic]

Oh puh leeze. One thread on this subject was just closed, and you were a poster in it. Enough already.

 

[Pai]

We need to sticky that last huge 'designer dog' thread that we had here so people just go there instead of bringing the same questions up over and over...

 

[Keechak]

I think that it's fine to have a post like this as long as people simply stick to the original question and don't go off in a different direction.

That is all from me.

 

[PitBully]

All dogs are designer really when you think about it. Puppy peddlers have always existed whenever a breed gets popular and one can make a profit.

PB

 

[animalcraker]

Neither Lab-or-doodles or Cock-a-poos are purebreds. They are mutts, mixed breeds, mongrels, etc. Maybe someday they'll become a purebred, but it's not going to happen anytime soon if people just breed poodles to another breed and call it a doodle. To be a purbred you have to be able to breed individuals of the same breed and get consistent predictable results. Just because some greedy scam breeder says it's a purbred that does not make it so.

By the way the Bullmastif is a purebred. You can breed a pair of Bullmastifs together and consitently get pups that have the same qualities of their parents.

 

[Westhighlander]

Once two o's are used to designate a dog, that dog attains purebreed status and thus can be sold for astronomical prices. So oodles and poos should cost the most. There was a study done recently that these dogs were among the smartest and easiest to train.