#and its clear welfare isnt your top priority

[despazito]

There's nothing inherently wrong with new crossbreed projects and I do think it's a bit uncouth to use "designer dog" as a blanket pejorative because folks set out on breeding new crosses for an array of different reasons. Like if you wanna argue semantics the eurasier could have easily been dubbed a designer breed that's just been canonized into the FCI registry, they weren't bred with any specific "work" in mind beyond being a companion animal.

Personally my guidelines for designer dog (negative) are crosses that are planned purely on aesthetics while negating any temperament matchups but most importantly one that's actively being marketed to the normie masses as their new perfect pet and clearly using mill tactics to produce and sell puppies. I think that's what separates doodles from silkens and things like agility borderpaps or lurchers. If a dog nut did their homework and wants to start a little breed project with their circle of dog nut friends it's not really hurting anyone, those aren't the crosses that fill up shelters. It's pretty easy to tell which "designers" are made primarily with monetary gain in mind and which aren't.