Maltipoo: a gold mine for scam breeders (6 photos)

“Micro Maltipoo from Korea! Hurry up to buy the rarest ultra-pedigreed puppy for only 15 thousand dollars!” Yes, you read correctly, 15 thousand for a dog! But price is not the only nuance of mini-bobbies.





In some photographs you can’t even tell: is this a toy or a live dog?

No matter how owners and sellers claim the opposite, Maltipoo is not a separate breed of dog, and certainly not purebred animals. And even the status of a “breed group” does not shine for them, because a breed group is considered to be a large number of animals that participate in the formation of a new breed. Scientific breeding activities should be carried out with them. Maltipoo never dreamed of this.



That micro-girl who thinks she looks menacing when she's angry.

Why can't Maltipoo be called a breed? To do this, you need to understand how new breeds are formed in general:

They take two dogs they like and get puppies from them. The best children with the desired type are selected from among them. Then they are crossed with a third dog or the mother/father of the same puppies. And so in a circle: they choose and cross, choose and cross - until they get a dog that is ideal in terms of the parameters of the new breed. The pedigree will be built on all the descendants of this dog. But why can’t the same be done with the Maltipoo?





It’s possible, but then these animals will no longer be maltipoo! According to the idea, they are a hybrid of a poodle and a Maltese. Once you start deliberately breeding the Maltipoo breed, your Maltipoo will cease to exist. It sounds absurd, but it is true.



The fact is that only in the first generation, when the mother is a lapdog and the father is a poodle (or vice versa), the puppies turn out so cute, fluffy and expensive. Then the laws of genetics come into play, and all plans for a million-dollar profit predictably go to hell. Due to the random mixing of genes, Maltipoo puppies, even within the same litter, will vary significantly in appearance, size and degree of cuteness. To achieve a homogeneous population and develop a breed, it would be necessary to carry out significant breeding work - and this is no longer profitable.



Yes, this one is also a Maltipoo. He no longer looks like a curly bear cub.

That is why Maltipoo will forever remain not a breed, but a brand. These designer dogs have nothing to do with purebred animals. This means that no one will ever be able to guarantee any specific qualities of these dogs. Size, weight, coat color as an adult, character, diseases - with a Maltipoo, all these characteristics play roulette with you. Puppies can take on the best and worst traits of both parents.



And this is also a Maltipoo. Their type varies greatly from dog to dog.

The genes of poodles include epilepsy, fusion of nasal septum, problems with the eyes, blood vessels and the thyroid gland. Maltese dogs have the same problems with the eyes, heart and blood vessels. The bonus is deafness and a couple of other unpleasant sores.

Sellers can say whatever they want, but now you know that you can’t trust them. Maltipoo is not a breed. This means that it makes no sense to pay exorbitant amounts of money for these dogs!