Genuine question. I'm looking for a puppy and baffled as to why some cross-breed puppies are more pricey than the pedigrees. I get that any puppy is expensive and time-consuming to breed and rear and I get that some crossbreeds are healthier or have desirable characteristics of more than one breed. However, is it me or are some people selling what sound suspiciously like accidents down the park as fancy designer breeds?
I'd be happy with a crossbreed, to be honest but I'm eager to know how one tells 'deliberately bred to maximise breed positives' and 'shouldn't have let my dog off the lead but it's a nice earner' pups. How do you tell? Also, are people randomly making up crossbreed names?
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Crossbreeds - why so expensive?
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GenuineLeather · 30/08/2013 11:01
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