Wow, you guys left me with a "Mutt" brain, what, with all the quotes-in-quotes..."Mixed" my head all up. Anyway, although my dogs have papers and history, can't help but to feel my dogs are mutts also. I'm sure Switch ( The white boy ) is mixed with a peanutbutter&jelly sandwich,as it's all he thinks about, and it shows!!!! There can be a bitch in estrus hanging out in our back yard, and he won't get up to even look at her, knowing dang-well he smelled her a block away. Yet, you open the lid to the peanutbutter, and he'll be all the way in the other end of the house, and will knock everything over between here and there getting to ya!!!
Blade,(The brindle) I'm sure he's mixed with a NorthAmerican butthole, as he's sure fond of his own!!! He'll lay there for hours loving that thing up. And if it runs out of flavor and my neighbor happens to be over, he goes straight for him, as he's a REAL asshole too!
Okay, guess I had one too many tonight, but you guys need to chill a bit, so i thought I'd insert a little tardation to water down some passion. Look, listen, learn and feel, and in the end...Love the dog you have. However, Mia is an athority on this issue, and although sometimes a little coarse for some folks sensitve nature ( I personally like it rough...why i shared I do not know ) she can give you some very good information that's lacking only the candy-coating some peeps need before exception. There are any number of reasons why deciding to just start mixing breeds is probably not a good idea, but temperament and health would stand out most for me. For some breeds it took years and years to work-out certain issues, and that effort can be destroyed really quick with all kinds of new crap being introduced, and especially in a age where there are far more dogs than there are people willing to house them when they decide they don't like what they find in a particular dog, and/or mix of dog. We should remain"OPEN MINDED" enough to consider that, as well.