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Originally Posted by Pipersmommy When we got Piper, both her parents were registered. The breeder showed that her mother was a full bred Yorkie & her father was a full bred Maltese. I always thought a mutt was a dog that was from unbreedable parents. So if the parents are full bred dogs with papers, what are the off spring? My opinion they are mixed with no papers from full bred dogs. I don't consider her to be a hybred, but I guess that what they are calling them. |
I would still call them mutts. Theres nothing wrong w/ that term, to me atleast. A lot of people think of them as mixed dogs that you can't tell all the breeds, or dogs from shelters. Everyone has different meanings for the word. As for the parents having papers and being purebreed, the puppy is still a mix. Hybrid is just a term for someone or something that is half and half, like the cars. In my area sometimes to describe a person that is mixed people will say hybrid.