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Originally Posted by Cerise  I don't understand this statement. How is the "designer breed movement" mongrel, going to increase the gene pool for purebreds? Mixing two different breeds does not make a purebred dog or better the health of a breed. |
Allow me to elaborate:
I am not asserting that mating two differing purebreds is creating another purebred, nor am I focusing on the preservation of the pedigree. What I am raising is mating differing breeds can help the health of the progeny under the genus dog not classification of breed. Statistically one could decrease the inheritance of certain genetic diseases through the expansion of the gene pool.
This matter of introducing other breeds to improve the health of a particular pedigree of dog while maintaining pure breed designation gets really difficult, as referenced in an earlier post.