A recent article out of Madison, Wisconsin, provides a little background on the increasing popularity of so-called designer dog breeds (including our favorite, the puggle). The article discusses the growing popularity of these special mixes while re-hashing the usual debate about the genetic propriety of mixed breeds, etc.If you're new to the world of puggles and mixed breed dogs, you might want to take a gander. If you've been through the "puggles are great vs. puggles are a travesty" debate a million times it might not be that enlightening or valuable, though.
Bet you can guess which side I'm backing, huh?
One thing is sure... The so-called designer dog breed list is growing:
"Goldendoodles (golden retriever-poodle), puggles (pug-beagle), cockapoos (cocker spaniel-poodle), lhasapoos (Lhasa apso-poodle), schnoodles (miniature schnauzer-poodle), schweenies (dachshund-Shih Tzu), maltichons (bichon frise-Maltese) and teddy bears (bichon frise-Shih Tzu) are just a handful of hybrids on a growing list of designer dogs. Oftentimes, the hybrids are more expensive than their purebred counterparts, which some find amusing because the dogs -- whether humans intentionally pair them up or dogs do it themselves -- are technically mutts, albeit with known purebred parents."
You can see the whole article here.
