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Thread #114556 Message #2445932
Posted By: Goose Gander
20-Sep-08 - 11:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: In Praise of Mongrels
Subject: RE: BS: In Praise of Mongrels
Our dog is a lab-pit-pointer mix, as far as I can tell. Or maybe she's a short-haired cattle dog. I wish I had a dollar for every time someone tried to guess her 'breed' and I had tell them I had no idea, she's 100% mutt.
But I would draw a distinction between dogs bred for a practical purpose (border collies, labrador retrievers, blue tick hounds, etc.) and 'dogs' bred purely for grotesque effect (I won't name any because I would feel bad about disparaging a dog for human sins, but I'm sure we could all think of a few).