It doesn't really matter what dog you get you would all likely love it just as much, mix or purebred.
As long as you aren't misled when you buy it. I am hard pressed to understand the high prices that mixes are fetching. As a kid at home, we always had a dog, always some sort of mix and always was free. Somehow through relatives and friends, someone knew of someone with puppies.
As long as you know you are not getting a certain breed, it is a mix. There is no such thing as hybrid vigour in mixes, bad genes that can be carried through generations don't care if they turn up in a mixed breed or a purebred (that reputable purebred breeders are diligent to keep out of their lines). The more breeds you mix, the more variation of bad genes possible to come through the various breeds that have made up the puppy.
A mix can be anything both in size and appearance, from looking like one breed that one parent is to looking like the other breed the other parent is and everything inbetween.
I have had grooming clients that bought a maltipoo from parents no more than 5 lbs, the pup grew to 20 lbs and didn't look like the maltipoo pup their friend had from the same parents, different litter.
If you buy a pet from a reputable show breeder, you have a better idea of what you are getting for a pet.
Here's some pictures of some pet puppies I sold recently. |