Some pet shops claim to get from breeders... These are backyard breeders who treat their animals just as bad and
often cross breed these dogs to «invent» another breed of dog.
Not exact matches
As with many other
breeds, Chihuahuas are
often crossed with other purebred
dogs so to give life to some interesting designer mixes:
Crossing the now - extinct Old English Bulldog with the largest of the Mastiff
breeds the English Mastiff produced the perfect guard
dog, and they retain this guarding instinct today although they are more
often beloved family pets.
What is known is that Catahoula Leopard
dogs along with pit bulls are
often used in the sport of hog catching and it is known that
crosses of these
breeds have been made in attempts to produce more competitive catch
dogs.
These
dogs are not purebred but rather the result of a
crossing between a sighthound and some type of non-sighthound
breed,
often a terrier or some kind of pastoral
dog.
Since certain toy
breeds are
often crossed with small Terriers, it's important to know about the health problems of small
dogs in general.
There are many wonderful cross-breed
dogs that combine the best of traits in various
breeds, for example poodle
crosses are
often good for those with allergies, though this can not be guaranteed.
Restrictions from outright bans to requirements for confinement, insurance, and spay and neuter
often follow incidents in which a
breed and its
crosses are implicated in aggressive incidents or
dog fighting or other criminal activity.