People have long had a love affair with mixed breed dogs or “mutts”. These dogs tend to vary quite a lot in size, looks and temperament, even when they come from the same set of offspring. Mutts ordinarily have very superior healthiness and they make great pets.

A mutt is a dog that is a result of an unidentified ancestry. They are not of one particular breed and it is usually unknown if there parents are of purebred status. Mutts have an indefinite pedigree and a uncertain genetic line.

A purebred on the other hand is a dog that has two parents that are both of the same type. Lots of times there are extensive records of the heredity of these dogs and breeders are very careful in their reproduction techniques to make sure that they turn out the strongest genetic tendencies.

Some individuals may have a preference to have a mixed breed or a mutt for a pet as they ordinarily have great health and they make wonderful pets while others may desire to have a purebred dog. However, there is one more preference that can be considered and that is the hybrid dog or the “designer dogs”.

Hybrids are a cross of two purebred dogs from two dissimilar breeds. They are diverse from a mutt because their family is identified. Each of their parents are purebreds with inherited lines that can generally be traced back many generations.

Hybrid dogs are becoming rather the rage these days. You see them everywhere from movies to dog shows. These dogs tend to have the best character from both of the breeds and more often than not a good combination of both breeds.

The hybrid dogs are usually called really funny names that are a combination of both breed names such as a puggle, a mixture of a pug and beagle, a poogle for a poodle and pug, cockapoo for a cocker poodle blend, a goldendoodle which is a poodle and golden retriever mix and of course many others as the catalog of combinations goes on and on.

Hybrids are wonderful pets and if you are having a difficult time deciding on a breed a hybrid can get you the best of two breeds. They ordinarily have impressive health and they are intelligent and fun dogs to own.