It is a medical fact that Purebred dogs are prone to health problems. These problems include, but are not limited to,
Bone & joint disorders that cause lameness
Eye Diseases that cause blindness
Heart disease that is sudden and may cause early death,
Epilepsy/seizures
Immune system diseases
Neurological diseases
Skin diseases
Bleeding disorders
Cancers & tumors
There are over 300 documented genetic health defects in dogs and in purebred dogs the incidence of defects is extremely high. There are many reasons for this, some include:
Gene pools that are limited or closed, as most breeds were founded on few dogs, and the same gene pool is being reproduced over and over since the start of the breed. Clubs and registries require that the future of the breed depends on only the dogs that are registered in their club. So therefore many breeder have no choice but to "linebreed" or "inbreed" (which is basically the same thing.) in order to keep their breed alive. Also in order to achieve the "ideal" breed standard, many breeders reject perfectly healthy dogs, just because they don't match the standard, and in doing so limit the gene pool even more. While most people see this as the norm, it must be realized that without any new and unrelated genes coming into the gene pool, the animals will suffer in the long run, and suffer from a "loss of genetic diversity", which has been documented creates weaker animals with more health problems, which we see happening more and more with the purebred dogs. This is one reason that we breed crossbreeds. We are looking for healthy, family pets. Every purebred dog that exists today because of crossbreeding. The first dogs were wild canine species that people, caught, domesticated, and bred for the desired traits. No breed is ever truly "purebred". There were never "purebred" Labs, or Cockers running around in the wild, until people domesticated and bred them.
We are not just breeding any random dogs together. Each litter is carefully thought out & planned before the female dog ever becomes pregnant. We only breed characteristics that we find desirable, such as "low-shedding" , many people who have allergies can now own a dog that they can live with, without making themselves or the puppy miserable. Our main goal is to breed great family pets,that everyone can enjoy. There are little to no health problems that are associated with crossbred dogs, because the gene pool is so vast that there is a very slight chance that BOTH parents of DIFFERENT breeds would carry the SAME defective gene. Most dogs carry an average of 4 out of 6 defective genes in his or her DNA. A dog can carry these genes without being sick, or abnormal, it is only once this dog is bred to another dog with one or more of the same defective gene, that their offspring will have a problem. And since showbreeders keep the same bloodlines, the dogs are more prone to have these defective genes and have health problems. So in essence we are breeding dogs that will live, longer, healthier lives. 