Like many breeds pushing popularity the Pug has an issue also, not with so much purebred Pugs but those purebreds being used to create «Puggles», an essentially
crossbred dog some produce to sell for large amounts of money as a designer dog.
Not exact matches
The
crossbreeding of a Pomeranian and a Siberian Husky
produces an amazing
dog with the physical traits of both its parents.
As with all breeds, historians do not always agree on the details, but according to the AKC Complete
Dog Book, the breeds that were
crossbred to
produce the Aussie included the precursors of the Dandie Dinmont and Skye terriers along with the old Black - and - Tan Terrier and perhaps the Irish and Cairn terriers.
To prevent
crossbreeding, he or she will not
produce other
dogs.
Most of those
dogs are bred simply because the combination of the two parent breeds names makes a cute new name such a Puggle or Cockapoo (or worse yet, Taco - wiener) to suck in potential buyers who are looking for «cuteness», I am just
crossbreeding two distinctly different breeds of
dog in the hope that the genetic diversity will make a healthier and sounder
dog, and the phenotypes of the two will blend as planned and
produce a
dog along the lines I am looking for.
By crossing these two wonderful
dogs I have
produced some great
dogs I call my «Alaskan wolfhounds» (I had to call them something), but when anyone comes to look at my puppies I don't try to convince them that I'm creating a new breed, and explain to them that they're just a
crossbreed; just a mutt, but a carefully thought out and planned mutt.
As with many breeds, the Beagle has been
crossbred with other breeds with the aim of
producing an even smaller version of the
dog.
In the 19th century, in an effort to reduce the size of these
dogs and
produce a breed with a smaller nose, several types of toy spaniels were
crossbred with the Pug and the Japanese Chin.
Crossbreeding tends to
produce a middle - of - the - road temperament that often fits better into the average household than the more «extreme» temperaments of many purebred
dogs.
Most mixed breed and
crossbred puppies are
produced by
dogs who haven't read the law; instead of staying home where they belong, they wander the streets.
Crossbreeding has been used, legitimately, to
produce dogs better for a purpose, like guide
dogs or agility.
Several of the toy breeds are often
crossbred to
produce - poo
dogs.
Poodle
crossbreeds are meant to
produce a
dog with mixed traits and the Poodle's signature nonshedding coat.
The purpose of the
crossbreeding was the wish to eliminate the excessive white color of the breed, and the necessity of
producing thousands of
dogs for one of the most popular breeds in the world.