Cross Breeds

What is the best to get in dog? cross bred or prue bred?

Help me I can't decide I have cross bred all my life and I had a prue too

Public Comments

1. huh??? whats the question thats confusing??
2. a pure breed would be a perfect one to choose...... cross breed dogs are cheap but not really what u want.... but u like dogs for just show.... just take a cross breed
3. Unless you have a specific breed in mind, for a specific purpose, you would be better off to adopt the dog that best suits you at your local shelter. If you are in USA or Canada, just check out the irresistible mixed breeds and purebreds in shelters and rescues near you on this site: http://search.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?pet.Animal=Dog&pet.Breed=&pet.Age=&pet.Size=&pet.Sex=&location=06040 Enter your own information, and you will find the dog of your dreams. I have both, and my purebreds are not more valuable to me than my precious little rescued mutt. I wouldn't take a million dollars for her!
4. I've heard that mixed breeds are better because they aren't as high strung as the purebreds. Your local shelter guarantees the health of the dog, and I'm sure you would find just the right pet for you there. So many need homes, and they deserve to have a life too. My vote goes for the mixed breed definitely good luck
5. I don't think it really matters whether the dog is a pure bred or a cross breed. it's more a matter of personality with dogs.
6. Purebred is what all those owners will say and Mixed is what all those owners will say. Asking this kind of question on here is just going to leave you still wondering. My vote, Purebred but, then again I also own a very nice mutt. I guess my real vote is "whatever suits you and your situation"
7. It doesn't matter. Unless you are going to show or breed, it makes no difference. I have four dogs, two mixed. My Golden Retriever/ German Shepherd is the most beautiful of them all, and has the best temperment and personality of the four. Pick the dog that best suits your personality, lifestyle, and living arrangement. Shelters are great sources, but not the only options. I always suggest craigslist.com to people who aren't picky about breed, but you have to be careful.
8. This won't help, but it really doesn't matter. Unless you want to show in confirmation, it really makes no difference. If you want to show in performance events (obedience, agility, tracking, etc) a purebred will give you more venue options (AKC does not officially accept mixed breeds at ANY of their events...although if your mutt vaguely resembles any of the breeds AKC recognizes it's pretty easy to get an ILP number which would allow you to compete) but even if you have a mixed breed there are a lot of venues that allow mixed breeds to compete (APDT, St. Huberts, dozens of agility venues/organizations). Some people will claim that mixed breed dogs have fewer health or temperament problems, but there is no basis for this claim. I work at a vet and we see hip dysplasia, heart disease, allergies, freaky neurotic temperaments, organ diseases, auto-immune disease and aggression just as much in our mixed breed patients as in our purebred patients. A purebred dog from an excellent breeder who does tons of testing on ALL of their breeding animals and knows their pedigrees (and therefore their genetic potential for certain diseases) inside and out is actually less likely to have health issues than a mutt from random dogs breeding on the street (who have who knows what diseases lurking in their genes). On the other hand, a purebred dog from an irresponsible breeder who is in it only for the money or to make "pretty" puppies and doesn't take everything into account when choosing breeding pairs is probably going to be much more likely to have health issues that are common in a breed than a mutt from a random breeding.
9. ALL dogs are the best, purebred or mixed. I have purebreds only because I love Labs and want nothing else. But sometimes with mutts you have the best of two great breeds and many times they are healthier because they have not been over bred and closely bred. It is all what you want and sometimes you just have to see the right dog fall in love and know that dog is for me.