Oh good grief!
When I was little ANY mixed breed dog was called a mutt or a heinz 57. I had a dog and I loved him to pieces. He truly was mutt. We had no clue what he had in him. He died of old age but the sad truth was that he wasn't a pure bred dog. I didn't bother me that the VET even called him a mutt. It was what it was. I loved him just as much. You just have to let some of this go. If you feel better calling them a "mixed" breed then do so. I don't know that I would jump on someone because of their choice of words tho. TO me it is kind of silly.
Just for the record the smartest dog that I personally had ever known was my mutt. I taught him SOO many tricks and he stayed right by my side growing up. He could roll over, sit and stay and only come on my command, walk up ladders, slide down the slides, jump through hoops, rollover, shake, sit, crawl, and many more. |