@kopenhagen5 wrote:Sperrier.
My nephew has a spanador. (spaniel n lab)
That one I like,(it's close enough),
@***super_nova*** wrote:Crossbred
There is not such thing as pedigree designer dog
A Designer Dog-Maker Regrets His Creation
Its become a nightmare out there with those "mongrels" being sold for 2 grand and more and no guarantee
that it will be a suitable dog,(but there's aways someone out there that'll splash out the cash for one)
@bushies.girl wrote:Personally, I would call it a Mutt .... Not a fan of byb's x'ing breeds at all ....
His name is Houdini as he used to be an escape artist,(he's got no hope of escaping now).
I've never been a fan of any "pedigree" dog as they all had to be a mixture of something else to start with.
Someone saw a market for them,the same as the current designer dogs who are no more entitled to that
tag than our dog has,(but now when people ask what breed he is I can say he's a Sperrier and explain
that he's a cross breed),
@bushies.girl wrote:Each to their own, give me a pure bred any day .......
Our other dog is a Staffy,(our daughter couldn't take her when she moved).
The "pure" breeds we've had are,Jack Russell,Doberman,Blue heeler,(who was a bit over the top) and the
Staffy and they've all been good dogs,(they were all giveaways).
The rest have all been mixed breeds with the oldest passing at 21 years of age.
Tazz, as bushie said - each to their own. We've had pure breeds most of our 49 years of marriage and have a pure bred King Charles Cavalier Spaniel at the moment. We just bought a cavalier spaniel/tibetan spaniel cross to get rid of some cav problems. We have had labs which I love but are too big now we are in a unit. We then had pembroke corgis for many years and bred them for a while. We had one mixed breed bichon frieze/shi tzu but we lost him before Christmas.
I was brought up with mixed breeds though. In the 50's, there weren't that many pure breeds around (or maybe they were too expensive) and we had some great dogs when I was growing up. I love any dog - some I wouldn't have .... but I still love them 
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