Hi,
  I know that the cockapoo and others such as the maltipoo are not breeds but crossbreds but i don't mind, because if you cross a poodle and a maltese you know the dogs not going to turn out huge or the temperment is nasty or aggressive but in was wondering if anyone knew of any breeders of them in the east midlands, i know that you can get crosses from places like the rspca but most of them are adult dogs and i would prefer a puppy and also at the rspca they don't know what the dog was crossed with so have no idea of it's turnout.

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>also at the rspca they don't know what the dog was crossed with so have no idea of it's turnout

Much the same as anyone that breeds them ;)

People who breed these sort of crosses couldn't care less about temperament...just money.They will breed from dogs with no health tests who are poor examples of the bred and with any kind of temperament.
Do you really think that if these dogs were good healthy breed examples they would be using them to breed cross breeds
Archer

you know the dogs not going to turn out huge or the temperment is nasty or aggressive

Not so at all, I'm afraid Guest.  Genetics don't work like that.  It depends on not just the Sire and Dam, but on their ancestors too, so just seeing the Sire & Dam still doesn't give you a clue about how their pups will grow!  And because knowledgable and reputable breeders would dream of producing cross breeds then the chances of the people producing these pups knowing anything about their ancestors will be very remote. :(

I would've thought that if you mate a minature poodle to a minature poodle, both with good temperaments and in good health, then you know that you are going to get a dog that is small and not nasty and aggressive. Therefore why do you need to mate two different breeds to supposedly achieve the same result? (Which i am afraid it wouldn't, if you breed two dogs of the same breed they are liekely to look exactly the same, breed two different breeds and you are liekly to get totally different looking puppies.)

There is also the question of temperament, so much depends not just on the parent's temperaments but also on the rearing, handling  and socialising of the puppies from birth to the day you get one.  I fear anyone willing to use inferior stock to crossbreed (and lets face it, who would use prime breeding stock to produce crossbreeds?) is unlikely to put in the many hours actively socialising the puppies and making sure they are ready for anything they will meet in the BIG world outside?

People often think that mating a good tempered pedigree dog to a good tempered pedigree bitch will produce good tempered pedigree puppies, but that's often not the case!  Many things, including temperament but many other faults and virtues too, can skip a generation (or two or three) and surface again, which is why it is good breeding practice to really know as many dogs in your bitch's pedigree as well as the chosen sire's ancestors.
The people who produce these cross breeds do so purely to sell.  If they had health tested, good representatives of either breed they would not be using them to produce crossbreeds, therefore the chances of them knowing the dogs' ancestors and therefore the traits likely to be produced are very small.

>People often think that mating a good tempered pedigree dog to a good tempered pedigree bitch will produce >good tempered pedigree puppies, but that's often not the case!

Yep!! My two ACCIDENTAL crossbreeds are nothing like either of their parents in temperament! With my new pup, from the same bitch, but this time a VERY carefully planned breeding to a dog of the same breed, is so different to his half siblings it's amazing. People comment on it all the time.

Marianne

I thought it said Cockatoo, sorry folks its me having a senior moment my eyes are not what they used to be :D