We agreed to take over the care of an eight - year -
old mixed breed dog who had been found abandoned and roaming the streets many years ago by a family member.
The problem
with mix breed dogs is that these dogs stand vulnerable to all those ailments that the participating pure breeds are exposed to, individually.
In the past few years, some radicals have blamed purebred breeders for the incidence of hip dysplasia and used this accusation to encourage people to adopt
mixed breed dogs from shelters.
No, not when they know the results will be completely unpredictable and that there are already thousands of accidentally -
bred mixed breed dogs in need of good homes.
I stopped what I was doing and drove 30 minutes to the vet still sure it was just another long haired
black mixed breed dog.
They are commonly found in... MORE shelters — unfortunately,
mixed breed dogs make up a large portion of abandoned and unwanted pets.
Another recent case involved a very friendly 3 year old
mixed breed dog whose behavior gradually changed after the birth of two children and a move to a new home.
Though mixed breed dogs can come in any shapes, they are most commonly a light to medium - brown or black in color.
Laws like this force shelters into precarious positions where they have aggressively label dogs and fit
mixed breed dogs into specific categories in order to comply with people's perceptions or legislative requirements.
So mixed breed dogs are often more flexible and may adjust to a greater variety of households and lifestyles.
For every pit bull, there were numerous
other mixed breed dogs and cats in just as much need to be spayed or neutered.
About 20 - plus years ago, dog trainers were successfully teaching thousands of
mixed breed dogs new behaviors — and that was before dog breed DNA testing.
Dogs come in all varieties, and especially when you
add mixed breed dogs to the «mix», your choices are endless.
If you are thinking of bringing this
fabulous mixed breed dog into your home, then let's make sure that they are the right choice for you.
Depending upon their lineage, some of the smaller varieties of
mix breed dogs exhibit the negative characteristics of their parents.
I have 2 small breed terriers and a 100
lb mixed breed dog and they all eat this same food happily.