a bit of a moan cross breed and pure breed prices

[bosshogg]

what the hell is going on when a cross breed is going to cost £500+ and a pure breed is costing less!!!! why would anyone want to buy something that they don't know the history for so don't know if they are any hereditary diseases instead of going for a breeder that understands there chosen breed and makes sure they are no problems in the line i just cant get my head around it i really cant at the end of the day a cross is just a mongrel

Moan over.

[Emmaj]

because alot of people that buy from these people are fooled into believing that its a new breed by the person selling 80% of the time they are also daft with their money

i have come aross many peeps with peeps with mal x huskies thinking they are full mals and they have blue or bi eyes and paid £900 for a x thinking it was a pure pred and the papers were in the post

[ferretmuppet]

i wouldnt pay £500 for a x breed, but there again i certainly wouldnt buy a pedigree dog

i have 2 mutts and they are super healthy and very loving and were both free, perfect pets

[ogawa only]

have you seen the price of a frenchie crosse's !!! 1k +

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by bosshogg

what the hell is going on when a cross breed is going to cost £500+ and a pure breed is costing less!!!! why would anyone want to buy something that they don't know the history for so don't know if they are any hereditary diseases instead of going for a breeder that understands there chosen breed and makes sure they are no problems in the line i just cant get my head around it i really cant at the end of the day a cross is just a mongrel

Moan over.

Even with a purebred dog there are no guarantees that you won't get hereditary problems. Some purebreeds cost as little as £150.
The thing is that with a first cross, you have an idea as to temperament and size. There is also the fact that because of hybrid vigous you are less likely to have hereditary problems.

You try buying a chihuahua for less than £500 or a well bred hasa apso. You won't do it.
A lot depends on the cross or the breed. With pure working bred springers, GSD, rotties and staffies going for as little as £200 but with all the herdeditary health problems they suffer from and with loads ending up in rescue, if your choice of dog is based purely on what they cost, then you wouldn't want to pay £500 for any dog no matter if it is a carefully considered first cross from expensive well bred parents, or a top quality purebred.
It's horses for courses. Some want any old dog as long as it doesn't cost more than £200, like my dozy brother in law who bought a 'pedigree' GSD (or Alstatian as he calls it) and at 7 years old, it can barely stand because it has terrible hip and elbow displaysia, or you want a smaller, well bred pup from someone who takes care to ensure her breeding stock is free from hereditary diseases and who breeds from only good healthy stock, sound in mind and body, then spends a fortune on rearing the pups properly and who paid £1300 for their stud dog in the first place.
And you are showing your ignorance. A cross breed is not a mongrel nor ever has been. It is a 1st cross between 2 purebred parents. A mongrel is a dog with no discernable purebred ancestry.
With a mongrel you won't be able to tell what size or shape the pups will end up, nor have any idea what the temperament will be like. With a first cross, you will have a good idea of size, shape and temperament. I have pictures og my lha-chi pups from the last 3 litters and they all look the same or similar.
How do you think purebred dogs came about? It was by crossing certain breeds with the same traits so that it became standardised like the jack russell or border collie most recently.

[Shell195]

Hmmm I love mongrels as you never know how they will turn out and have a sprollie(Springer spaniel x border collie) now sold as a designer dog(free to me) but not a cross that should ever happen.As sweet as Loony Lucy is she is so hyper and rushes to do everything.She isnt sure if she should retrieve or herd .She reminds me of Dory out of Finding Nemo film very silly and a bit forgetful.She would herd your sheep then forget where she left them or retrieve game but forget where she was going. I do agree though that small X breed dogs are now going for more than a pedigree but most havent even been vaccinated.

[Zoexxx]

A friend of mine has just bought a shih tzu x poodle - a Pooshi apparently !

She paid £600 for it, so i said, bloody hell, my Mother in law's looking at kc registered pedigree yorkies for £500, why on earth would you pay £600 for a x breed ??

She said, it's not a cross breed, it's a designer dog !! Think they saw her coming, funniest thing is she went back at the weekend for another one lol

[Andy]

My mates got a Cockerpoo and I think it cost around £600...But then I paid £550 for a SBT. I wish the RSPCA would of let me have one of the rescues it would of saved me alot of money.

[Schip]

Makes me so angry, I breed occassionally all my dogs are DNA profiled to prove their heritage, DNA tested for a recessive disease present in the breed so that I never produce an affected animal, add to that eye tests, hip scoring and thyroid testings I do for my own benefit ie not required by the kc or breed club.

All the above costs me £300 per animal before I even rear them to see if they fulfill their potential confirmation wise, train them, show them for 3 yrs THEN breed! Pups leave with an extensive contract, microchipped, wormed, flea treated with enough of both to do them for another 6mths, food for a few mths, they've already been separated from their siblings at night so they don't cry, had a lead on, been out in the car to meet and greet etc anything I feel would be a good experience for them BEFORE they leave me making life easier for the pup and new owners, as well as their KC registration, 6 wks free insurance and their pedigree nicely printed out - all we charge for our guys is £500!

Like to see a designer breed owner do the same before they rob potential owners of their hard earned money, oh and a return to breeder anytime during their life should they need to be rehomed or assistance with said rehoming if they prefer? I don't think so they're just money grabbing *&%^

[gwinni]

It's nuts is what it is! I must be very lucky out of all the dogs i've had the most i paid was £50 that was for a black lab pup, the person paid over a grand for the mother as she was such a good working dog but couldn't be bothered to register the pups. The only other dogs i paid for was £20 for jack and his sis lauren, was only meant to be getting lauren but guy phoned the night before saying there was a dog pup left and did me and my partner at the time want him, he said no i said yes so we picked them both up. Every other dog has been free including a pedigree (with papers) GSD. There's no such thing as designer dogs just people trying to get extra cash out of stupid folk who believe what they're buying is "designer".