My fiancée and I bought our purebred sausage dog from a farm breeder in Normandie, France. She’s not your typical sausage dog; her official certification lists her as a Dachshund, a word I still ...

What exactly are purebred dogs? And why the attraction? Breeds were originally developed because humans needed dogs to help them in life for specific purposes like hunting, guarding, exterminating ...

Shelters across America have experienced potential pet owners only asking to adopt purebreds and because of this, one Illinois-based animal shelter posted a clip to show that, although not purebred, ...

One of the easiest ways to start an argument among people who own dogs as pets is to raise the issue "Which is better, a purebred or a mixed-breed dog?" In such an argument the mixed-breed advocates ...

If you love pedigreed dogs and have thought about breeding them for financial gain, there is certainly money to be made. And it just so happens that spring and summer are peak times for dog adoptions ...

The "tough mutt" phenomenon is well known among dog owners. The thinking goes that a dog with one or more breeds mixed into its genetic recipe is going to be healthier and more able to fight off a ...

Have you noticed how many varieties of doodle and poo dogs are around nowadays? These are all deliberate hybrid crosses between a poodle and another purebred dog. You can find labradoodles (poodle and ...