Why in some cities purebreds with no papers are less expensive than mixes also without papers?

Question

I understand that people like mixes but prices for some dogs are getting outrageous. For the people who like small dogs the situation is even worse because they are difficult to get from shelters (I tried for months). Do you think it's caused because large breeds tend to have more heat accidents or because large dogs might be difficult to fit in cities lifestyles. Here are the pictures of my dog, I was told he was a purebred maltese but I think he has at least a bit of Pom, what do you think?
And please don't get mad at me, I love pom mixes and couldn't find the right one in the shelters near me, and if you think I was ripped off with my dog, his price was almost the same or even less that some of the "designers breeds", what a world!!!

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At 8 weeks, when I felt for his sad pom? eyes

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Answer 1

Your dog is cute. Like a furry little slipper, lol.

I would say the price has to do with supply and demand. In your city there is probably a demand for small dogs, so they are more expensive. It probably varies from city to city. The more people want something, the more they can charge for it. The people who can't afford the expensive small dogs can probably get the big dogs.

Answer 2

It's very simple if you have printed fact that your dog is a purebred from a kennel the price skyrockets. A dog was donated to me by a kennel after it was trained by the state and one of the state employees told me the rough value of my dog. It made my jaw drop.