After our little dog Chimi died we got our current dog Comet from a shelter. Talk about a smart, kind, loyal, and happy dog. I couldn't have ever have imagined being lucky enough to find a dog like him. He is truly part of my heart. I can give a crap about having a purebred dog (I owned one before), but more about the heart of the animal. JMO
BTW - from some of the boasting posts I have read on here I truly believe "my so called mutt" is much smarter than some of the posters.
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Sunshine Girl wrote: After our little dog Chimi died we got our current dog Comet from a shelter. Talk about a smart, kind, loyal, and happy dog. I couldn't have ever have imagined being lucky enough to find a dog like him. He is truly part of my heart. I can give a crap about having a purebred dog (I owned one before), but more about the heart of the animal. JMO
BTW - from some of the boasting posts I have read on here I truly believe "my so called mutt" is much smarter than some of the posters.
I've had both pure bred dogs and mutts.....I loved each and every one of them. We currently have a pure bred.....I had wanted a Cavalier for years and years ever since I first set eyes on one.........and I love the little guy.....before him we had a mutt and a rescued Golden.......never thought anyone would care what the pedigree of my dog was, I surely don't.
Saying you prefer mutts to pure breds is kind of like saying you prefer a dirty old used american car over a sleek brand new porsche. Believe me, like all things in life, you get what you pay for.
If you want a useless dog, something to suck air and eat food, then get a mutt, by all means. But if you do not need some form of mammal to fill an emotional need within yourself, and want something useful for hunting then get a dog from proven field trial stock registered with the United Kennel Club. And get the best that your pocketbook can afford.
I recently had a bitch whose sire was Flatwood Hank (National Field Trial Champ). I sold her pups, over her lifetime, for approx. $50,000 total. And she was the most wonderful quail dog that you could ever wish to hunt behind.
Mutts have better genetic diversity and are less likely to have inherited health conditions.
Not saying that purebreds are not a good option, just that there's absolutely nothing wrong with a mutt!
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major bean wrote: If you want a useless dog, something to suck air and eat food, then get a mutt, by all means. But if you do not need some form of mammal to fill an emotional need within yourself, and want something useful for hunting then get a dog from proven field trial stock registered with the United Kennel Club. And get the best that your pocketbook can afford.
I recently had a bitch whose sire was Flatwood Hank (National Field Trial Champ). I sold her pups, over her lifetime, for approx. $50,000 total. And she was the most wonderful quail dog that you could ever wish to hunt behind.
Good point- They can be quite lucrative. Our daughter paid for a 6 week cruise of the South Pacific from just one litter from our Rhodesian Ridgeback bitch. And she met who i think will be her first husband on that voyage as he was the first officer on the cruise ship....So actually we got infinately more back from our initial investment.. Our first dog we got here in Colorado was a chocolate Lab from the famous Hershey line in Nebraska, we never bred her, but I did show off her papers when friends came over.
Science Chic wrote: Mutts have better genetic diversity and are less likely to have inherited health conditions.
Not saying that purebreds are not a good option, just that there's absolutely nothing wrong with a mutt!
Then let's go pheasant, quail, or grouse hunting with your mutt. Or maybe coonhunting.
If you do not require your dog to perform specific skills or compete against other dogs who are extremely excellent, then by all means get a mutt.
The inherited health of the purebred dog is solely dependent upon the skill of the breeders of the dogs.
Show dogs? You bet they are a pitiful bunch of illbred dogs.
Performance dogs such as quail dogs? Absolutely marvelous specimens of physical and mental health. Without it they cannot compete and win in competition.
