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Originally Posted by roosmom  That may be true and my yorkipoo that's only been cross bred once may not be a good example however- "purebred" MUTTS who are crossed and crossed and crossed so much you have no idea what they really are do not have the problems pure breds do and while that may not be a "fact" as far as I don't have an article in a veterinarian journal (though if you'd like me to write a term paper about it I'm sure I could- though I may be a little rusty lol) to back it up- they are much less likely to have problems than a pure bred dog (and I think- definitely don't quote me on this one though- that probably the toy pure bred dogs are even worse with having problems but I'm not an expert and I certainly haven't studied up on it enough to know for sure). |
Could very well be. Most genetic disorders exist because of the breeding (over 100s yrs time) the same traits to create a breed. With dogs that are mutts by many generations, I'm sure those have become so diluted that they are a minimal threat. Don't know if there have been any long term studies to examine the fact...never had a reason for needing to know. I won't argue with you on that one because I don't care...never had the need to research that in depth. (yay...no term paper needed for you!) But I don't think that means we should all strive to have a world full of all mutts. Poor mutts...no one loves them.
And I'm sure toys are more likely to contract one as the current demand for toy dogs is causing them to be mass produced by people who don't really give a crap.