Adopt an older
dog. You just
might be surprised
at how much he
has learned in his
lifetime..
Designer Breed or Pure Bred. Which one to buy!
The only reason to pay money for a dog is because you want a dog to look or act a
certain way. If you are willing and able to take the good with the bad without knowing
what this will be, a dog from the pound may be all you want or need. These are
wonderful dogs for the most part and there are so many who need homes. But if you
need one to be a certain size or to have a trait like non shedding, then you may want
to take some time and money and find a pure bred dog. The best reason for getting
any dog is because you love dogs and you really want one in your life. It should never
be because it is a fad or a fashion statement. All dogs , purebred or not, will look to
you for all their needs. So be sure you are ready for a dog before you get one. There is
nothing I hate more then seeing a dog chained in the backyard with nothing but his
food and water dish to keep him company. Dogs want to be a part of our lives. So
make sure you want this pet to be a part of your life.
So to sum this up on which puppy or dog to get you want to consider these things.
All dogs have potential of being good healthy pets.
All dogs have potential of developing genetic defect even if they are a crossbreed or a
mutt.
The healthiest puppies are not determined by its breed or crossbreed but by the
knowledge, conscience and intelligence of its breeder.
So first pick out the breed you want. Then do some studying on how to care for the
breed and its potential problems . Gain your own knowledge. Then you will be armed
with all you need when you question the breeder of the dogs. You have every right to
ask every personal question about the home and the kennel where your puppy is
raised. You have every right to make the person feel stupid, neglectful, or irresponsible
if that is what they have been. Put as much care into buying your puppy as you do in
buying your home. Ask questions and be bold. If they dont want to or can not answer
your questions, simply leave in whatever manner you feel comfortable with. But my
advice is: Don't buy their puppy.
One personal note. I have seen people belittle breeders who want to make money on
their breeding business. This infuriates me. Of course we want to make money!!! To do
this right is hard work and costs us money!!  But honestly, I can make more money
flipping burgers. I do this because I love dogs and I can work at home with my favorite
animal in all the world. Dogs. The more puppy poop I clean up off my floor, the happier
I am. Thats why I work day and night for rather little pay. Yes, as responsible dog
breeders we make some money. But, if our biggest rewards came from the money we
made we would not do this. Its not worth the money. Our biggest rewards come in the
form of joy as we get the slobbery kisses. Its in the feeling of accomplishment when
we save a puppy from near death. There is great joy when we see an outstandingly
beautiful litter. Its in the feeling of satisfaction when we hear of our babies being raised
in loving homes. I love to watch the playful antics of puppies.  But don't begrudge us
the small amount of money we make. Would you work for such little pay? I ask you.
Indeed even if you love your job, you will want to make more then we make at this. Its
true there are a lot of poor quality dog breeding facilities out there.  These people
actually do make more money then we do while all the time increasing the genetic
problems of dogs in the world. But to lump us all together is just not fair. Many of us
are hard working people just trying to get by doing what we love. Just like you!
Ive heard it said that designer breeds are healthier. I guess the reasoning is that each
individual breed has its own unique genetic faults and that these faults cancel out each
other. I had a designer dog breeder tell me this. I am not a veterinarian, nor do I claim to
know to much about genetics other then what I have learned from my own reading. It is
limited knowledge at best. But even knowing this much makes me aware that it is
insane to think you are going to improve a puppy by mixing the breeds. For example, a
pekingese and a poodle have the same genetic eye problems. So you certainly are not
increasing it chances of not going blind by breeding pekapoos..

 The only way to improve your dogs is by learning as much about the dog and the
bitch you want to breed and their history. At the very least have the dog examined by a
veterinarian before breeding to make sure it has no dominate genetic faults that you
can see. Because if you have a dog who is blind due to a genetic deformity, then you
will undoubtedly have puppies who are blind..There is still not enough known about
genetics to know all of what happens to make a finished dog. But advances have been
made in the past 20 years that are amazing to me. Someday I hope that there will be a
way to tell exactly what makes up the doggy DNA and help us to wipe out genetic
problems altogether. Until then we all can do the best we can by what we know.
Sometimes unfortunately, a genetic fault is not revealed until a few puppies are born
with a problem.  Thats a good time to have the known genetic offender fixed. If it
happens more then once it is not likely just a fluke. It is likely a genetic problem with
whichever parent is having the problem. This is quicker to find in your males as they
have more puppies in a shorter period of time.
It also does not make sense to me that you are giving a puppy more problems because
you are adding more genetic faults to the finished puppy.  There is only so much
packed into each puppies DNA and one puppy will not carry all genetic faults. I don't
know how any of us could stand if this were to happen. Its all chance as to what each
puppy will inherit from its parents. Again, the only way we can lessen the chance of a
dog passing undesirable faults to its offspring is to learn as much about the dogs we
breed before we breed them. This is done mostly by talking to the former breeders and
hoping they are honest about any problems they have had. But now there are excellent
ways of even revealing faults that we can not see. It seems amazing to me how
scientist can look further and further into the genetic makeup of animals and learn so
much about them and why they are like they are. Maybe some day there will be a way
to make these tests more affordable to all of us. For now we can all just use common
sense. And common sense tells us that before we get a dog, to get as much
knowledge about the care of this breed as possible. Common sense tells us that we
must be willing to make this dog our friend and never turn our backs on him even if he
goes blind or crippled. There are no guarantees in life. We must be willing to take the
good with the bad in all things.
Ive heard it said that designer breeds are healthier. I guess the reasoning is that each
individual breed has its own unique genetic faults and that these faults cancel out each
other. I had a designer dog breeder tell me this. I am not a veterinarian, nor do I claim to
know to much about genetics other then what I have learned from my own reading. It is
limited knowledge at best. But even knowing this much makes me aware that it is
insane to think you are going to improve a puppy by mixing the breeds. For example, a
pekingese and a poodle have the same genetic eye problems. So you certainly are not
increasing it chances of not going blind by breeding pekapoos..

The only way to improve your dogs is by learning as much about the dog and the bitch
you want to breed and their history. At the very least have the dog examined by a
veterinarian before breeding to make sure it has no dominate genetic faults that you
can see. Because if you have a dog who is blind due to a genetic deformity, then you
will undoubtedly have puppies who are blind..There is still not enough known about
genetics to know all of what happens to make a finished dog. But advances have been
made in the past 20 years that are amazing to me. Someday I hope that there will be a
way to tell exactly what makes up the doggy DNA and help us to wipe out genetic
problems altogether. Until then we all can do the best we can by what we know.
Sometimes unfortunately, a genetic fault is not revealed until a few puppies are born
with a problem.  Thats a good time to have the known genetic offender fixed. If it
happens more then once it is not likely just a fluke. It is likely a genetic problem with
whichever parent is having the problem. This is quicker to find in your males as they
have more puppies in a shorter period of time.
It also does not make sense to me that you are giving a puppy more problems because
you are adding more genetic faults to the finished puppy.  There is only so much
packed into each puppies DNA and one puppy will not carry all genetic faults. I don't
know how any of us could stand if this were to happen. Its all chance as to what each
puppy will inherit from its parents. Again, the only way we can lessen the chance of a
dog passing undesirable faults to its offspring is to learn as much about the dogs we
breed before we breed them. This is done mostly by talking to the former breeders and
hoping they are honest about any problems they have had. But now there are excellent
ways of even revealing faults that we can not see. It seems amazing to me how
scientist can look further and further into the genetic makeup of animals and learn so
much about them and why they are like they are. Maybe some day there will be a way
to make these tests more affordable to all of us. For now we can all just use common
sense. And common sense tells us that before we get a dog, to get as much
knowledge about the care of this breed as possible. Common sense tells us that we
must be willing to make this dog our friend and never turn our backs on him even if he
goes blind or crippled. There are no guarantees in life. We must be willing to take the
good with the bad in all things.
Ive heard it said that designer breeds are healthier. I guess the reasoning is that each
individual breed has its own unique genetic faults and that these faults cancel out each
other. I had a designer dog breeder tell me this. I am not a veterinarian, nor do I claim to
know to much about genetics other then what I have learned from my own reading. It is
limited knowledge at best. But even knowing this much makes me aware that it is
insane to think you are going to improve a puppy by mixing the breeds. For example, a
pekingese and a poodle have the same genetic eye problems. So you certainly are not
increasing it chances of not going blind by breeding pekapoos..

The only way to improve your dogs is by learning as much about the dog and the bitch
you want to breed and their history. At the very least have the dog examined by a
veterinarian before breeding to make sure it has no dominate genetic faults that you
can see. Because if you have a dog who is blind due to a genetic deformity, then you
will undoubtedly have puppies who are blind..There is still not enough known about
genetics to know all of what happens to make a finished dog. But advances have been
made in the past 20 years that are amazing to me. Someday I hope that there will be a
way to tell exactly what makes up the doggy DNA and help us to wipe out genetic
problems altogether. Until then we all can do the best we can by what we know.
Sometimes unfortunately, a genetic fault is not revealed until a few puppies are born
with a problem.  Thats a good time to have the known genetic offender fixed. If it
happens more then once it is not likely just a fluke. It is likely a genetic problem with
whichever parent is having the problem. This is quicker to find in your males as they
have more puppies in a shorter period of time.

It also does not make sense to me that you are giving a puppy more problems because
you are adding more genetic faults to the finished puppy.  There is only so much
packed into each puppies DNA and one puppy will not carry all genetic faults. I don't
know how any of us could stand if this were to happen. Its all chance as to what each
puppy will inherit from its parents. Again, the only way we can lessen the chance of a
dog passing undesirable faults to its offspring is to learn as much about the dogs we
breed before we breed them. You should do this even if you are breeding 2 different
breeds together to get a "designer" puppy. This is done mostly by talking to the former
breeders and hoping they are honest about any problems they have had. But now
there are excellent ways of even revealing faults that we can not see. It seems amazing
to me how scientist can look further and further into the genetic makeup of animals
and learn so much about them and why they are like they are. Maybe some day there
will be a way to make these tests more affordable to all of us. For now we can all just
use common sense. And common sense tells us that before we get a dog, to get as
much knowledge about the care of this breed as possible. Common sense tells us that
we must be willing to make this dog our friend and never turn our backs on him even if
he goes blind or crippled. There are no guarantees in life. We must be willing to take
the good with the bad in all things.