Reply #20: Nature makes the BEST mix-breeds [View All]

[Taeger]

I wouldn't buy a dog PERIOD!!!!

People who breed dogs are most often out for financial gain.

The fact is that even pure-bred animals are the result are mixed breeding. The fact is that ALL pure bred animals are inherently in-bred. Once the characteristics are "chosen" the registry is closed. Every animal in that breed must be DIRECTLY descended 100% from the original group to be "pure bred".

Random mixes are great because the best judges of a "good dog" does the selection. That is, the dogs THEMSELVES select.

Some great places to find "random-bred" animals:

1) An animal shelter like the humane society.
2) Non-breed specific rescue groups.
3) Petsmart on Saturdays. The rescue groups come in with their dogs.
4) The side of the road (strays) ;-)

Pure-bred animals are appropriate when the animal has a JOB to do. That is, they actually work for a living like herding sheep or sniffing for drugs. Even then, mixed breeds can do just as well. Many animal training organizations go straight to the shelter to find their dogs. They simply have screening tests (like ball obsession) to find appropriate candidates.

Deep down, the obsession with a pure-bred animals stems from our past societies obsession for pure-bred people. It's the belief that your breeding was the single biggest characteristic in determining what your value is. Basically, it's racism. And it's also wrong when you apply it to dogs.

Thats why I refer to the AKC as the "DOG NAZIS".