Why on earth would you mix those to dogs? You would get a short, fat, smooshed up face dog that howls all day long!

I had a pair of West Highland White Terriers growing up, and my cousins had a German Shepherd. We wanted to get them together one day in order go create West German Shepherds.

Probably woulda worked, too, except the terriers were male, and couldn't have boned Duchess unless they stood on stilts.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

And everyone knows what you get when you cross a bulldog with a shih-tzu...

I'm a beagle mutt type of person straight out of the pound or abandoned. My neighbor's new puppy is a terrier-chihuahua. It actually looks like a mini labrador with tiny legs. I am going to dble check but I thought hers was a pound dog.

A dorkie is a dachshund/yorkie mix (it says so at the bottom of the page, BTW). They are cute, though...even though you know they'll be "yip" dogs.

That dog... well, I don't like him. He's trying to play that 'aw, I'ma cwooote little puppy' shit, lookin all droppy eyed.

Something bout him rings false though, something tells me that fukker's pulling a con job and thinks he's the slickest guy in the room.

I ain't fallin for it.

Next up: cat blogging!

stacy,

Thanks. I looked but didn't see its heritage.

Heritage? Is that what you call it when a dachshund knocks up a yorkie?

My brother conned my mother into agreeing to a puppy when we were kids: a poodle-chou mix, but not on purpose. Best dog I ever knew, bar none. Otherwise I'm in favor of mutts.

Cross a Mastiff with a Dachshund, you get a Stiffwiener.

That photo of the puppy is the antithesis of that of The Naked Testicle Spidyman. You post one, and all you hear are, “ah, so cute, come here little fella.” With the other, it's shrieks of horror and “Run!”

We have a mixed mutt that my wife bought in front of Costco one Sunday afternoon. It almost caused a divorce but that's another story...Anyway, he's about 1 1/2 now, weighs all of 12 pounds, and also looks a lot like a mini Lab.

Whenever anyone asks his breed we quote my 5 year old son, who called him "the Chihuahua-Poodle Mixup"

I'm thinking a doberdor would be a kick ass dog.

I'm not secure enough in my manhood to walk a "dorkie."

Especially since I live in Dupont Circle.

For the men, nothing beats a wolf-dog hybrid.

And when you accidentally step on your dog's paw and it goes all primal on you and rip's out your throat, then what do you do?

I knew a gal that had a half wolf, half malamute. Eerily placid dog, snow white, huge (lots of fur), bright amber eyes. It got into a scuffle with two neighboring pit bulls and killed one of them before the scuffle was broken up.

For the ghey who wants everyone to know his preference I suggest the cockerspaniel and doberman hybrid.

Actually, the reason for the Labradoodle is to breed out the Labrador "Box of Rocks" tendency, but Gawd, that really is the gayest name ever for a dog.

Sadly, My sister in law plans to fly from Minnesota out here to Oregon just to buy one from a breeder with a rep.

You could find something better to spend your money on unless you are planning on breeding the dog you spent $800 on and selling its offspring for $800 each to other people who want dogs that come with papers. Then it might be a wise investment.

Yeah, my husband wants a wolf-dog hybrid. He used to have some sort of shepherding dog that would corral kids, which seems more useful to me. What would a wolf-dog do for you, except make you seem really cool?

My old roommate had a dog that looked like it was 75% coyote. That was a damned smart dog. The closer to the wild strain of dog you get, it seems, the smarter that dog gets. The huskies and such are incredibly intelligent. German Shepards, while they may be a sickly breed, they're smart as whips.

I like a properly bred dog myself. You have some inkling of what you're getting into according to breed. Mutts are fine if you're looking for a pet to keep in the backyard to play with occasionally, but if you're looking for a dog that you actully live with nearly 24/7, carefully choosing a breed and a breeder is a neccessity.

Wolf-dog cross-breeds are, or can be, dangerous. Wolves are not dogs and are not bred to love humans. Crossbreeds can revert to feral behavior without warning.

Two months till I pick up my AKC registered Golden Retriever pup. No he doesn't exude Conan the Destroyer side kick and yes he will undoubtedly be as dumb as a post and cost more than Honda Civic. But he will be as cute as a little teddy bear and a bona fide babe magnet.

Yea ok, I'm practically middle aged, divorced and posting here is a bright spot. I need an edge.

"carefully choosing a breed and a bareeder is a necessity".
Totally disagree. In my experience, mutts are just as trainable as purebreds. Maybe more trainable. Healthier too.
It's this type of attitude which leads to puppy mills and dog-snobbery.
As to the gayest breed name - It begins and ends with Cockapoo.

MEEP you are thinking of a Briard. My friend's mom used to have one. At a kids birthday party it got suddenly quiet and the kids were whimpering in the living room---the Briard had them all huddled in a circle in the corner. Very effectively!

Ace,
I can't believe you posted the "not quite gay enough" comment without a link to this post.

The number of dogs we croak in shelters every year is astonishing. Because of this my personal opinion is we would all be better off if more people adopted and fewer people purchased purebred dogs.

If you want a good dog go to your local shelter and get one. You will have a pretty good chance of getting a purebred if that is what you want. Most states have a variety of purebreed rescue groups and this is a good source for purebred dogs.

Hybrid vigor / hetrosis works which is why (as a general rule) mutts will have fewer genetically related health problems then purebred dogs do.

I second Steven Den Beste's comments on dog wolf hybrids. They are not domesticated and could blow up in your face for any number of reasons.

If I cross a Sheltie with a Spitz do I get a dog that's got the Shitz ?

I love animals and am owned by two cats. One of my cats is a rescue and one is the runt of a purebred litter who adopted me. Rescuing animals is the responsible way to go - unless you are getting a dog merely for status purposes. There are so many of these orphaned or unwanted dogs out there, perfectly wonderful animals whose only crime is being unwanted by some human jerk who got the animal on a whim and has since changed his/her mind. They are healthier and way less neurotic than the purebreds!