Quote Originally Posted by fastdogs View Post
Since many of the mills specialize in small dogs, now they are getting on the bandwagon by crossing those breeds for designer breeds.
I've noticed a "breed them smaller" trend with dachshunds, where breeders are breeding solely for size and selling them as "micro minis", or crossing them with chihuahuas to make "chiweenies". What these breeders are NOT telling people is that the smaller the dachshund the more fragile and the more careful you have to be about their backs. And unless these breeders are also breeding for top health (doubtful) they're not ensuring that the dogs they breed don't have a family history of back issues. For a while there was a trend to breed them for length - glad that's gone!