Designer "Teddy Bear" Puppies!
Hybrid Shichons and Hybrid Teddy Bears.
We also have Micro & teacup Yorkshire Terriers (yorkies) too!

What's the difference between a designer dog and a mutt?
Generally, a mutt is of uncertain ancestry. A designer dog has documented purebred ancestry, and one knows for sure what it is.

We believe in Hybrid Vigor or Heterosis, which is an increase in the performance of hybrids over that of purebreds, most noticeably in traits like fertility and sterility, however we drive for the Euro genetics, (such as the imperil shih-tzu and Mediterranean bichon).

Heterosis is a term used in genetics and selective breeding. The term heterosis, also known as hybrid vigor or outbreeding enhancement, describes the increased strength of different characteristics in hybrids; the possibility to obtain a genetically superior individual by combining the virtues of its parents.

A mixed-breed dog Heterosis is the opposite of inbreeding depression, which occurs with increasing homozygosity. The term often causes controversy, particularly in terms of the selective breeding of domestic animals, because it is sometimes believed that all crossbred animals are genetically superior to their parents; this is true only in certain circumstances : when a hybrid is seen to be superior to its parents, this is known as hybrid vigor. When the opposite happens, and a hybrid inherits traits from their parents that makes them unfit for survival, the result is referred to as outbreeding depression.

The dominance hypothesis attributes the superiority of hybrids to the suppression of undesirable recessive genes from one parent by dominant genes from the other. It attributes the poor performance of inbred strains to loss of genetic diversity, with the strains becoming purely homozygous at many loci.
Certain combinations of genes that can be obtained by crossing two strains are advantageous in the hybrid vigor.

So what's up with these hybrid, "designer" dogs? Are they healthier?
Hybrid dogs can still have genetic problems because you are still crossing two first generation dogs, however the percentage of hybrid dogs with genetic problems is much lower than purebred dogs Because the gene pool is mixed. Breeders who breed purebred to purebred creating a first generation hybrid believe in the heterosis effect and hybrid vigor. Ours are F3 so third generation each generation thins bad recessive genes.

Please read below each dam and see what combinations we are reaching with each dam and the sire.

Mediterranean TeddyBear a Hybrid Zuchon (shichon)
Rover & Son

Rover our Mediterranean "Teddy bear" was bought from muchadoapoo, a breeder out in woodlands Texas, because of the smaller size in Mediterranean bichons, softer and curlier hair, champion snout structure (thinner), button eyes and long silky tail hair.

the Mediterranean Teddy Bear. The Mediterranean *Teddy Bear (a Hybrid Zuchon "aka shichon" The true teddy bear mix Bichon-poo & Shih tzu). So in our case the Bichon is Mediterranean Bichon which is the euro linage.

F1 - meaning first generation True Teddy Bear (later shichons were nicknamed teddy bears), his father being Mediterranean bichon-poo, a smaller bichon with Euro features, such as, button eyes, thinner snout, softer hair, and long silky tail hair.

Our Standard Zuchon


Maisy our standard shichon dam was selected after researching the genetic systems of the shichon breed, we are tring to provide the best hybrid vigor possible for the shichon breed therefore needed some standard linage, masiy was chosen out of hundreds of shichons researched at the time because of her genetic background, she was picked up from a shichon ranch out in southern California, she was chosen for several reasons, her bloodline carried Reds (a red coloring that gets redder as they grow) and Champaigns (white shichons with a bright yellow gold spots) a rare and acclaimed trait. Strong genetic coding in great facial structure, giving her the round teddy bear face, and her baby doll eyes, as well as the unbeatable standard health. 

Imperial "Teddy Bear" bloodline