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Originally Posted by MorkieMomii  A mutt or mongrel is a dog of undetermined breed. A planned cross of two pure breds in not a dog of undetermined breed. It is cross a mix or hybrid if you like that term. |
According to who? You have pure bred dogs and mutts. If someone doesn't "like the terms", well I suppose if you go looking to be offended over something, you won't be disappointed.
mon·grel [muhng-gruhl, mong-] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
2.
any animal or plant resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
Main Entry: mutt
Pronunciation: \ˈmət\
Function: noun
Etymology: short for muttonhead dull-witted person
Date: 1899
2 : a mongrel dog : cur
I love all dogs, have no problem with mutts. Have owned a few in my lifetime. (People purposely breeding them on the other hand is another thing...) Sorry, it just kills me every time I see someone get bent out of shape because they don't like the terminology used when referring to them.