Sorry mnestitt, but whereever you get your information about the health of mixed breeds over purebreds is obviously not a health database service.
Fact is that genetics are genetics. You cannot alter them...well at least we do not currently have that technology.
Fact: if you breed two dogs together (regardless of breed) that have a genetic predisposition to produce a particular health problem, THEY WILL produce it...regardless if those two dogs are
Poodles, or if those dogs are a
Poodle and a
Golden Retriever. IF both carry the gene for HD, then the resulting mixed breed puppies WILL probably all have HD. its just a fact of nature, and yes the same can be said of breeding 2
Poodles together.
No one denies there are bad breeders out there, but the point behind breeding is to breed a better dog, NOT breed money for your wallet and that is the ONLY motivation that mixed breed breeder have PERIOD.
responsible breeders do health testing, register those results, make the publicly available on the various health test databases, so that you do not have to go thro the process you did. It would have been available with ONE click.
being as "oodles" are not a recognized breed, and at the rate these Pups for Bucks breeders are going, they never will be because the POINT behind developing a new breed is a plan, ...one that is well laid out, thoughtful, with a goal in mind and CONTROL over the breeding program. This means all NON breeding dogs ARE spay/neutered before placement and a really GOOD breeder would put in the contract that health testing MUST be done even on pet puppies in order to make sure the gene pool is healthy.
No responsible breeder would KNOWINGLY contribute a dog to an "oodle" breeding program, ergo, it is fact that none of the dogs in "oodle" breeding programs are quality dogs. "oodle" dogs cannot be registered except in the faux paper registries created by the pups for bucks breeders....which again is simply something that they have discovered is a great sales gimic for getting MORE money out of potential buyers.
Oh..i am sure there are alot of "professional" oodle breeders out there....but the key word there is professional..meaning this is a profession..and one which has to produce money...or it is not a very viable profession..now is it?
There is absolutley NO money in breeding quality dogs, and doing it correctly. it is a 100% money loosing operation, and it is done specifically to breed a better, and healthier dog, that has a great temperament and will make an long term companion for a well screened family.
No..i doubt i will change your mind, and really, it does not matter, but you really need to do alot more research on what a responsible breeder is, what a responsible breeding program is...and check out places like petfinder..and see just how many "oodle" breeds are listed..looking for homes. Once the novelty of "ooo look at my exciting new breed!!!" wears off..and the health problems pop up...they are very quickly dumped in shelters and non breed specific rescue groups...why?? because oodle breeders DO NOT CARE about the dogs they produce..there for..they do not care that they wind up in shelters. Responsible breeders take back any dog they breed at any time in its life, for any reason...so that it does not burden the shelter system. yes there are also lots of pure bred dogs listed, but 95% of them are with breed specific rescue groups that have a national base. There are no national "oodle" rescue groups because the breeders do not care enough to set one up, fund it and manage it, nor can they handle the vast numbers of "oodle" mutts they produce.
Those...are the facts of Purebred vs Mutts. I will take a pure bred any day, from a responsible breeder, because i KNOW...they have put alot of effort, and education, and years of knowledge into producing a healthy dog, that will DO what it is supposed to do, and contrary to popular thought....often they cost substantially less, that designer oodle dogs...because they were not bred for $$$$$$$$
Serena Galloway
IGCA rescue Colorado
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