I don't mean to offend our cousins from over the sea but it seems they are making so-called new breeds all the time.
I have just been to a website and seen Silk coated wind hounds ( with photos )
Toy fox terriers , cockapoos ( with photos ) and rat terriers.
Am i being thick are there such breeds or are are they just making it up as they go along?

Peanuts

No Peanuts you're not being stupid- there are people out there purposely cross breeding:( You only have to run a search on here to find other crosses such as Labradoodle:(

Stacey x x x

Have to say there is a lovely lady we often run into whilst out walking. She has a collie. She was telling me that she's getting a labradoodle n two weeks. She was so pleased, I didn't have the heart to disapprove. I did a search on them when I got home out of curiosity and found something that said they were used as guide dogs. I'm now left confused as to whether labradoodles were breed for a purpose or just to indulge people's wants. This lady is very happy to be getting one so at least thats one pup going to a very good home.
Julie, confused by the labradoodle....should it be boxed in with other "new breeds"?

Labradoodles, as I am led to believe, were introduced to be guide dogs for those people suffering from asthma.
Due to the poodle coat, a lot of asthma sufferers are able to now have guide dogs.
I personally don't condone purposely cross-breeding, but in this instance it was done for a reason other than "i thought it'd look cute"
Just my opinion though :)

As scottishmal says they were an experiment for Blind people with alergies but the experiment was unsuccessful since with all X breeds the resulting offspring are unpredictable in what parents traits they inherit.
Archer

Hi peanuts

Are you the same peanuts who is into APBTs and ISBTs

Mick

Hi Mick,

No sorry i have Newfs , but i used to have Bull Terriers many years ago and do love the bull breeds very much.

Just to add to the earlier post , i have been chatting to some friends of mine that show in america and they said that while they were over there they see and hear of new breeds all the time, ie Rat Terriers that i mentioned earlier , people are trying to get them reginised by the AKC and have been for some time.

Peanuts

Hi Peanuts

Someone else on a bull & terrier site I use is using the name peanuts also. That was why I asked.

Regards Mick

Hi Peanuts,

I think you have to distinguish between new breeds and cross breeds and whacky breeders! The AKC has very strict requirements for accepting a new breed. And generally they are not new breeds, but breeds new in popularity or interest in the U.S. There are also rare breed clubs, which are more loosely managed. However, they are often the starting point for exhibiting breeds which eventually join the AKC registery.

Cross breeds. Well, when I lived in the States there were often advertisements for cockapoos, which was the crossbreed of the moment. "Backyard breeders" trying to make some quick and easy cash from people who thought they were buying some sort of a special or rare breed of dog. Usually the pups that do not find takers are left at the local animal shelter.

Whacky breeders. Breeders that think they have developed a better strain of a recognized breed. "Shiloh" shepherds come to mind, which are nothing more than larger than average and usually long coated GSDs. Problem is many of them are not larger than large AKC registered GSDs. Nor are their coats any different than a long-haired AKC registered GSD. However, they are promoted by their creator as "like the GSDs of old" - which were apparently perfect in every way, unlike todays GSDs per Ms. Shiloh.

I suppose it all comes done to money. As long as people are able to create some new mix or improved strain of breed X, hype it up, and sell it, then the silly stuff will continue.

Stacey

Toy Fox Terriers have been around for nearly 100 years so they aren't a 'new' breed in the sense of the whatever a poos. They have recently (last couple of years) been accepted for registration with the American Kennel Club.
Bec