Crossbreeds or mongrels Discussions

Well, in that case, Bodhi is a pedigree

I know her mum, dad and gran.. And I'm sure if I dog deeper I could find out more....

i agree with dobie girl a mongrel has a various mix of breeds and a cross breed has only two different mixes

I call them all crossbreeds. Else we might have double crossbreeds.....2 crossbreeds crossed etc....


I much prefer the term "bitsa" though. Bitsa this and bitsa that....sounds very exotic.

Around here we just call them dogs!

The Kennel Club told me (on some paperwork they pontlessly sent me) that a crossbreed, regardless of how many times it had been cross was defined as this only if you knew the parentage. So if you knew exactally what breeds be it 2 or 10 and you knew sire and danms names ect then it was a crossbreed. A mongrel is when you have no idea what breeds and or dont know the parentage.
The funny thing is after explaining all this, wether your dog is a crossbreed or a mongrel, you still have to put crossbreed on the paperwork! Pointless telling me really lol

i dont like the term 'mongrel' as i often find people use it negatively. i have no idea what cross jake is (i can guess, but i can never know 100%) but if people ask, i say he is a crossbreed. i think he definitely must have BC in there, so i usually say he is a BCx. i dont think it really matters though, jake is just as good (if not better ) than the pedigrees out there.

Mongrel, Mutt, Crossbreed....all the same wonderful doglets to me

yes i agree, it doesnt matter, pedigree or cross there all fantastic! mongrel does sound abit negative. i always say crossbreed with mine. I know my little girl, her mother was a staffir/collie first cross and her dad a rottie/german shepard first cross, my other is from dogs trust so no idea. but there both as speacial to me it makes no difference.

i did find it ammusing the KC giving me a huge explination on the difference only for them to tell me to put crossbreed anyway silly KC

I`d say a crossbreed is where you know what the breeds in a mixture`s lineage are - and a mongrel if you don`t.
But I tend to say mutt or mix these days because people think `mongrel` is being rude. I like a good Heinz 57 personally.

Mine is a terrier mix or bitsa, a rose by any other name and all that or in his case a thorn by any other name

Its political correctness again, :? its considered an insult to call a dog what it is due to its heritage "a dog of mixed unknown heritage"

I have no problem with calling such dogs mongrels, or crossbreed if the term fits.

Mongrel , mutt, heinz 57 what does it matter they are a dog loved as any other