Talk:Dog hybrids and crossbreeds
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Good for you guys, seriously; however, this page is for discussing this article, not your dogs. no offense intended - I love dogs. yEvb0 20:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Need to think up a name for my hybrid. He's a Jack Russel/Pomeranian mix. Only 8 weeks old and smart a whip already. Fantastic mix.
- You could call him "Whip". Clearly his breed is a "Jackeranian". :-) Elf | Talk 04:59, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Crossbreed
I have a 2 year old Pug / Boston Terrier mix. She is the most wonderful dog with our children and, she is so playful!
I am very curious if anyone has the same kind of dog. We would love to breed her! She is so cute she looks like a minature boxer but, she only about 10 pounds!
Any info would be wonderful!
Jamie (Lovinglolo2003@yahoo.com)
- I have almost always had mixed breed dogs, myself, and they're all wonderful and playful and loving and attractive. Before even thinking about breeding your dog, I strongly suggest visiting any animal shelter(s) in your area, walk through and look at all of the available dogs, both purebred and crossbred, who don't have homes, and then ask the attendants how many "wonderful dogs" and "playful dogs" and "dogs who are good with children" that they have to put to sleep every day/week/year because there aren't homes for them. Then investigate (online or by phone) Rescue groups for pugs, for bostons, for small dogs, for dogs of any kind, and find out how very many purebred and mixed breed wonderful, sweet, good with children dogs are already waiting in temporary homes for families to take them home and love them. If everyone who had a wonderful dog bred that dog, the wasted life and resources would be even more appalling than they are now.
- The only good reasons that I can think of for breeding a dog are:
- The dog has earned a championship of some sort that is worth perpetuating (e.g., obedience championship, conformation championship), or comes from such stock and for well-understood genetic reasons would be useful to breed to perpetuate specific identifiable excellent traits AND
- The ancestry of the dog is understood for enough generations back on both sides of the family that the breeder can be sure they're not perpetuating any nasty genetic traits, AND
- Other knowledgeable breeders would agree that it makes sense for this breeding, AND
- The breeder is willing to do whatever it takes to investigate the home and background of every possible adoptee of the offspring, and check up on them periodically to be sure they're being well treated, and take them back if they're not and find another wonderful home for them (not just put an ad in the paper and let anyone walk out the door with the puppies), and hold on to the puppies as long as it takes--even many many months or longer--to be sure that the new home will be an excellent one, meanwhile ensuring that the puppies get their shots and vet visits and training and loving until an excellent home can be found.
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- Hear, Hear! I concur in the strongest possible way with Elf's suggestions. Quill 22:30, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pedigree
The article could benefit from discussion of objections to the use of words such as 'pedigreed' and 'purebred' to describe hybrids. Also, the ethics/legality involved in F1 crosses of purebred, registered dogs, as most breed clubs specifically forbid such crosses, and legitimate breeders 'forbid' (for whatever difference that makes) the breeding of 'pet quality' dogs. I can't think of any brilliant way to word this JATM. Quill 22:01, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
- "People who do this are IDIOTS! *****IDIOTS****!!!!!!! They should all be SHOT! They are EVIL! I HATE THEM ALL!" preferably with spittle flying in every direction. Or, hmm, perhaps that's a little POV.
- Although, actually, I as usual straddle the fence on this. I think that educated and responsible breeders can breed whatever they want. The problem is that I think that 99% of average dog owners out there are neither educated nor as responsible as they think they are (if they even think about it, which I suspect is rare, too). So what I tell people is (as I've said in other places) you'd better have a danged good reason for breeding the dog--both parents excel at agility, or one excels at agility and another at herding, or mom at herding but mom's side has xxx genetic weakness that dad's side, who is a conformation ch, completely counters and we're going to try to breed this out, or like that. And, as you and I both know, "mom is real cute and dad is real sweet and they're both really special dogs" applies to 99% of the canine world, so that does NOT make it a good reason to add to the world's overpopulation. Elf | Talk 00:05, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Please vote on deleting Maltipoo, Yorkiepoo, Schnoodle
Please go here to here (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yorkiepoo) to express your opinion. Thanks. Elf | Talk 18:00, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] photo of a pugalier
Hi, I saw this cute dog in Western Australia and found out what it was (and the kids really loved it). Was putting a thumb here OK? cheers --Cas Liber
[edit] Trimming the list
Anyone else think this list is excessively long and imaginative at times? "Gerbrador Sheptriever", for example, is amusing, but doesn't appear to be a recognized term. Zetawoof(ΞΆ) 21:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, It's ridiculous that the list is there though. This should be more of an article not a list of cross breeds and hybrids. If the list should be there then it should be put onto a different page maybe? The article at the moment looks very messy and needs a well deserved cleanup. --An Apple a day keeps -The Doctor- Away.. Or does it! (talk)(contribs) 02:00, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
