To breed or not to breed... Why?

Breeding to better the breed is fine. Breeding for money, or just because you want to is not... Because most of those animals will not find good homes. It's irresponsible.

To reiterate something I touched on: "to better the breed" is a bit of a closed-minded view. I think "to produce healthy, desirable puppies" is more like it -- for example, if I decided to breed my super-awesome Chi because I want puppies with the same characteristics she has, and I decided to breed her with another small dog because he has compatable characterisics, that isn't for THE BREED, but it would still produce great puppies who wouldn't have trouble finding homes. I think that's perfectly reasonable, especially if the person breeding the mixed dogs intends to take care of them properly. I understand that maybe there are Chi-terrier mixes in shelters, but they aren't all Chi-terriers with the characteristics I want to propogate. So these people breeding labradoodles are just like all breeders: some of the are scummy, but some of them are genuinely trying to produce good pets.

breeding "good pets?" What do you mean? The pets in shelters are not throw aways!!!! People are just irresponsible, and "Move on to the pet of their choice without blinking an eye!! There should be enough love to go around for everyone. And it's a crying shame that as a whole people breed for the Perfect pet, when the shelter pets are waiting, wanting, and willing to give 100 % of their precious personality to anyone who will love and care for them. Sorry, you just can't make that last argument stick. No offense.