![]() They thus are less likely to fall prey to certain inherent disorders of the pedigreed line. Mutts are a collection of randomly acquired genes. When certain pedigree male dogs win championships, the dog is bred widely, and his genes spread like wildfire through the breed (whether they are healthy or not.) This situation is called ‘popular sire syndrome.’ Linebreeding has been prevalent in the modern pure breeds ancestor, where dogs are mated with direct descendants such as grandmother and grandson. Interbreeding has an effect of enhancing certain predispositions, so ailments and diseases such as hip dysplasia in German shepherds and patellar luxation or persistent dislocation of the knee cap in some toy/miniature breeds. When creating a pedigreed breed, many breeders aim to heighten the gene pool’s characteristics by interbreeding. They are nature’s way of delivering a surprise, once-off pet with personalities that will make you a mutt lover for life. Mixed breeds or mutts have three of more breeds in their genetic mix (or even more in some cases!) ![]() What Makes a Mutt?Ī crossbreed dog might have a father who is a Labrador and poodle mix and a poodle mother and still is defined as a crossbreed NOT a mutt because only two recognized breeds were in the genetic mix. All breeds started as crossbreeds at some point in their history. Unless you own a purebred wolf, your mutt and your purebred are both the result of thousands of years of selective breeding. So pedigree dogs and they mutt cousins are all technically from the same stock. Humans then had a hand in breeding specific characteristics into a dog lineage to create stable forms of a particular breed. Scientific DNA evidence from fossils and modern dogs shows that most common breeds today shared a common ancestor 18,500 years ago. Gray wolves and dogs diverged from the same extinct wolf species some 15,000 to 40,000 years ago ( Smithsonian). If dog owners of pedigreed dogs want to stick their noses in the air at your loveable mutt, they should keep one thing in mind. Jabba the Mutt is one of the best Star Wars dog names.
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