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Originally Posted by Chrissy0277 Yeah I see people saying lots of other breeds were put together to make the purebred you see today but those people were doing it for a better reason then to sell cute expensive designer dogs. I highly doubt that 99 percent of the people who calle themselves designer dog breeders put a whole lot of thought into what two purebreds they are going to put together |
Absolutely right and there were usually more than 2 breeds involved. They were looking at producing a dog for a certain purpose, certain look, in some cases as a companion dog.
Some are very very old breeds, Lhasa's to name one.