[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by hha

I have you beat, will be 51 next month..when I was growing up, a mutt was a dog, that you had no idea what was in it, still is the same..they didn't have designer dogs, like they have now! You had either purebreds or mutts..I'm sure back when I was growing up, there were unethical breeders, but, I don't think they were as bad as they are now..I hope everyone does this dna testing when it comes out, I think more and more people are going to have what they call mutts and I call designer dogs!

two different purebreds that produce a litter of cross-bred dogs still makes the puppies a mutt. A mutt is a mixed breed dog whether it has a thousand breeds in it's lineage or two breeds. And "designer dogs" have always been around because of unresponsible owners...just no one called them the silly names that the mixes have today and sold them for so much money. A mixed breed is a mixed breed no matter it's lineage. Like I said before, doesn't make them any less of a dog. If I came across a cute maltese/yorkie mix in a rescue I might just adopt it, but I would never buy one from a breeder...I don't support unethical breeding