Designer Blood When does a breed become pure bred?
I've noticed a lot of Q & A about mixed designer breeds today, and of course I know how the forum feels about these dogs. My question is since all breeds started as mutts, take for example the Australian cattle dog. When are they an actual breed? When there are more than one blood line that can mate to create the same dog? Or they will never be a breed unless recognized by the AKC
AKC recognition has nothing, really, to do with it.
A dog is considered purebred when it breeds "true" for 6+ generations. "True" means that the dogs have a similar look, traits, and temperament, and that breeding one to another will produce puppies that look just like them (as opposed to producing puppies who may more resemble one of the breeds used to develop them).
Using the Doberman as an example...we know that Rottweilers, German Pinschers, and Greyhounds were used in their development at various points. However, when you breed a Dobe to a Dobe, you don't get a puppy that has the stocky body and wide head of a Rott; you don't get a medium-small, dome-headed puppy resembling a German Pinscher, and you don't get a slab-sided, leggy puppy resembling a Greyhound.
You get puppies who look like their parents. They breed true.
FWIW, there are actually several breeds that are considered "ancient", and - due to geographical isolation, etc. - were never crossed with other breeds in their development. Not all breeds started as mixes of other breeds. RIP SallyAnne said it best.
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