Poochon?

[burntoutmum]

Hi

Does anyone have a Poochon? I would like some advice on their temperament please? Do they generally enjoy a good walk?

Well, it's yet another of these designer crossbreeds. The health of both parents should have been thoroughly checked before breeding. There are so many BYBs churning out these dogs without a thought to inherited conditions. I know that's not what you asked, but I thought I'd just say.
I am sure it will enjoy long walks. I have had many little dogs and they never seem to get tired out, however many miles you go.

Look up the breed traits for both breeds. Think about whether any combination of those traits would be suitable for you - even if you ended up with a dog who had the worst traits of both breeds.

Also bear in mind puppy farmers love 'designer breeds' and will often have dealers who pretend they have bred them and have a 'stunt bitch' (one who is never bred from, just there to look pretty and help stop the pups looking like puppy farm ones) in place.

There are also byb who use it as a way of over breeding a pedigree bitch (KC only allows 4 litters to be registered, as it's bad to breed from a bitch any more than that). So they maximise their profits by breeding like this:

• KC litter,
• designer cross litter
• KC
• designer cross
• KC
• designer cross
• KC
• designer cross (and continues with designer cross until bitch is useless - then dispose of her).

That method also hides how close together litters are being bred, as only every other litter is registered.

Also it is still imperative that both parents have had all the necessary breed health tests.

There will be absolutely no responsible breeders breeding such a cross.

These designer crosses are only bred by puppy farmers and back yard breeders op.

Don't give money to such people by buying what is essentially an incredibly expensive mongrel. No disrespect to mongrels meant at all, but the shelters are full of Ines looking for homes. Go there or to a responsible breeder of pedigrees.

Will add to the voices saying that by buying such a cross, you are supporting the puppy farming industry. If you don't know what utter misery that means for thousands of dogs, could you please Google it before you make the decision to buy such a crossbreed.

I suppose there is an outside chance that you are looking at a puppy from a breeder who has very few litters, doesn't overbreed their bitches and keep them in miserable conditions, has bred from quality parents and has had them tested for all appropriate health issues in both breeds - and that the puppy you buy wouldn't have any health issues either through its genes or through how it has been kept and reared. It is a miniscule chance though, and astonishingly hard to be sure that you what you see is what you get. Sorry.

I would steer well clear of any designer cross. There are hardly any from reputable sources. So health tests on parents won't be done (as a decent pedigree breeder would do.) They aren't a breed. You could get a dog with more traits from one of the other breed. Could you cope with the worst of each breed? Why not a Bichon or poodle?

Glad I asked

We are planning on getting a poodle, I just saw something about a Poochon and hadn't heard of that combination before so was intrigued.

As a vet nurse I see a lot of these designer breeds -- am seeing an awful lot of aggression and fear in breeds with 'apoo' in the name.

Definitely stick to full poodle and be extremely careful where you get one from. As a good starting point talk to breed clubs and look at KC Assured Breeders (totally different from a KC registered puppy). Make sure you know what health tests the parents should have had.

am seeing an awful lot of aggression and fear in breeds with 'apoo' in the name.
Lem, Is that because of their crap starts in puppy farms?

I can't imagine many of these dogs start off with the best possible beginnings. Socialisation etc. The breeding bitches may well not be socialised themselves. I also imagine the breeders know little about the background or traits of each bloodline in each parent.

Perinatal stress also has long term behaviour effects - there was a study recently that compared populations of dogs obtained from nub with those from reputable breeders. There were significant behavioural differences.

nub= byb