A writer I know just finished a book on Labradoodles -- apparently it's an accepted, standardized breed in Australia.
I used to know someone who had a German Shepherd/St. Bernard cross, and he was a beautiful dog -- got his size and personality from the St. Bernard side, and his markings and lack of drool from the Shepherd. If I wasn't very well aware that hybrids don't breed true, I might have been tempted to look for one like him.
Another friend of mine had a beagle/Weimariner cross; that one was also a breeder's accident. The mind boggles to think that they're selling animals like this as "purebreds", when this is exactly what they're NOT!
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I used to know someone who had a German Shepherd/St. Bernard cross, and he was a beautiful dog -- got his size and personality from the St. Bernard side, and his markings and lack of drool from the Shepherd. If I wasn't very well aware that hybrids don't breed true, I might have been tempted to look for one like him.
Another friend of mine had a beagle/Weimariner cross; that one was also a breeder's accident. The mind boggles to think that they're selling animals like this as "purebreds", when this is exactly what they're NOT!