How much is that dogie in the window?

It is a mystery to me why people want to spend thousands of dollars for a mutt. You see when you cross one breed with another or several breeds with another one time, give it a catchy name, it is still a mutt. Sorry but true. 
It takes at least ten generations of selective breeding to create a breed. Ask any hunter. They have Retrievers, Setters, Pointers and Spaniels which all came from mixing, yes mixing, other breeds to meet their standard. Like seasoning in your cooking, you have to know then end result. You then refine it and save it. If you add anything but egg yolks, butter lemon juice,salt and cayenne, it ceases to be Hollandaise sauce. Adding cheese will be tasty, but it turns it into something that it is not supposed to be. 
An interesting antidote is the Dalmatian. The breeders of the Dalmatian wanted spots, lots of clearly marked spots with white surrounding the spots. They wanted no freckling and solid markings like the breed's predecessor, the pointer.
It is also known that too much white genetically will create skin problems, blindness and deafness. In the case of the Dal, it is deafness. 
With good intentions, breeders got together to help cure the problem. With the help of the AKC stud book registry, they reintroduced the Pointer to the genetic pool. Guess what? The clearly marked spots spread and became more solid while lessening the deafness.. So back to the drawing board. With DNA testing and responsible breeding, the incidence of deafness is diminishing. 
Another interesting story was just reported to the Canine community. The "creator" of the Goldendoodle, regrets ever introducing the breed. You see he is a trainer of therapy dogs in Australia. A client was allergic to the Golden she really wanted. The Poodles were never used because of their size and  temperaments but he thought he would see if by mixing a Poodle with the Golden he could create a dog that he could offer to to his clients with allergies. It was never a satisfactory outcome. However, others got the idea and instead of neutering them as he did, they commercialized them.
The moral of the story, don't mess with a good recipe.