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Crossing breeds can be a dangerous action - the perceived opinion that mongrels are hardier and better tempered is utter crap - but first generation crosses can be even worse. Just as many pedigrees are sound and good tempered as cross-breds but the reverse is also sadly true.

Breed standards are a good thing - what isn't are novice breeders who breed for one particular attribute only and forget the dog and its breed as a whole and then, when they breed a litter and encounter the inevitalbe problems, gob off to all and sundry about where the problem came from in their (usually limited) opinion....

Having owned both brood bitches and stud dogs, believe me, I've come across quite a bit of this!

I quite agree with Raksha where she condemns many unsound breeds though - it shouldn't be acceptable. However, The Kennel Club has o competition and, whiloe that remain in charge of all matters pedigree, there's little chance of a change. A bigger hypocritical body you'd be hard put to find, imo.

<blockquote data-quote="Songsheet" data-source="post: 2105964" data-attributes="member: 64941">Crossing breeds can be a dangerous action - the perceived opinion that mongrels are hardier and better tempered is utter crap - but first generation crosses can be even worse. Just as many pedigrees are sound and good tempered as cross-breds but the reverse is also sadly true.Breed standards are a good thing - what isn&#039;t are novice breeders who breed for one particular attribute only and forget the dog and its breed as a whole and then, when they breed a litter and encounter the inevitalbe problems, gob off to all and sundry about where the problem came from in their (usually limited) opinion.... Having owned both brood bitches and stud dogs, believe me, I&#039;ve come across quite a bit of this!I quite agree with Raksha where she condemns many unsound breeds though - it shouldn&#039;t be acceptable. However, The Kennel Club has o competition and, whiloe that remain in charge of all matters pedigree, there&#039;s little chance of a change. A bigger hypocritical body you&#039;d be hard put to find, imo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Songsheet, post: 2105964, member: 64941"] Crossing breeds can be a dangerous action - the perceived opinion that mongrels are hardier and better tempered is utter crap - but first generation crosses can be even worse. Just as many pedigrees are sound and good tempered as cross-breds but the reverse is also sadly true. Breed standards are a good thing - what isn't are novice breeders who breed for one particular attribute only and forget the dog and its breed as a whole and then, when they breed a litter and encounter the inevitalbe problems, gob off to all and sundry about where the problem came from in their (usually limited) opinion.... Having owned both brood bitches and stud dogs, believe me, I've come across quite a bit of this! I quite agree with Raksha where she condemns many unsound breeds though - it shouldn't be acceptable. However, The Kennel Club has o competition and, whiloe that remain in charge of all matters pedigree, there's little chance of a change. A bigger hypocritical body you'd be hard put to find, imo. [/QUOTE]

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