Mutts become hybrids?
As a kid a mixed breed dog was just that, or a mongrel but now they are hybrids or designer, WHY? Isn't a mutt still a mutt?
As a kid a mixed breed dog was just that, or a mongrel but now they are hybrids or designer, WHY? Isn't a mutt still a mutt?
Nedra E
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Yes, a mixed breed dog is still just a mutt. Someone, at one point in time apparently decided that if a mixed breed dog was given a new "breed name" that this is all that it would take to create a "new breed" and so they started naming their mixed breeds and charging more for them as a result.
The problem with this is that, these pups CANNOT BREED TRUE. Many of the recognized breeds we have today had other breeds blended into them to create the attributes that were wanted for the breed. However, this process took many years and many generations before it was a genetic trait that would breed true.
The club that registers hybrids is simply an agent that is complicit in making it possible for people to overcharge for their mixed breeds that cannot breed true. This is very unfortunate. Many years in the future, if multiple breeders do the same crosses, some of these designer breeds might eventually evolve into actual breeds, but at this time, they are NOT! At this time they are all still just mutts. -!-
My Klevra! Kevina's 14 dys o
Ask the guy that keeps posting the Foodle questions. People just don't want to believe that there dog is a mutt. tehy want to think that it's something more unique and special than everyone elses. Well I hate to dissappoint, but "hybrids" are a fad and with a fad comes overpopularity, so in turn you end up with a more often seen dog than those who own pure breds.
Maybe because this world has become so politically correct the term Mutt has been found to be derogitory, so hybrid or cross or mixing names together isn't so offensive. LOL
Mr. P's Person
A mutt, is a mutt is a mutt, whatever they want to call it. A hybrid would be a mix of a dog and a wold. They are not that. A "designer" is Vera Wang, Chanel etc. They are not that either. That means what are we left with but a MUTT!
I love mutts. Can't stand those who intentionally breed them though!
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Would I shun the dog? Seriously, who would have the kind of energy to do that. Anytime I get into a conversation with someone who tries to tell me their dog is a something-doodle, I always use a "poodle mix" retort. I certainly do not want them to believe I am as stupid as they are by legitimizing their fantasy. As long as my neighbors do not have mutant dogs that are a threat to my animals I really do not care what they have at the end of a lead. The term 'hybrid mutt" is redundant. Using the term "hybrid" is another way people try to legitimize a mutt as something special. A hybrid is correctly an animal that is the result of a cross outside of its species.
Red (UK)
as far as I'm aware.....
A purebred/pedigree/KC reg dog is a type of dog with a standard. a breed. These dogs breed true for each generation.
a mix of two of these purebred dogs is a crossbreed.
a mix of more than two breeds is a mutt/mongrel/heinz 57.
a hybrid animal is a cross of two species eg lion x tiger or zebra x horse and they are usually sterile - two dogs even of different breeds are not hybrid they are the same species....
this new idea to 'big up' a mutt is stupid - the only real 'designer' dogs are purebreds - they were designed over years for a purpose and now breed true.