Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've probably heard that purebred dogs aren't as healthy as mixed breeds. It sounds logical-more genetic diversity should mean ...

For years, people have argued about whether purebred dogs are less healthy than mixed-breed dogs, and the truth sits somewhere in the middle. Purebred dogs are bred for specific traits, which can ...

Are Designer Dogs Healthier Than Their Purebred Parents? Recently a team of researchers from the Royal Veterinary College at Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom decided to test the claims of better ...

In a new, survey-based study of three kinds of “designer” crossbreed dogs, cocakpoos, cavapoos and labradoodles, all three showed more undesirable behaviors than at least one of their purebred ...

You’ve probably heard that purebred dogs aren’t as healthy as mixed breeds. It sounds logical—more genetic diversity should mean fewer inherited problems. However, while some purebreds do face higher ...

Have you noticed how many varieties of doodle and poo dogs are around nowadays? These are all deliberate hybrid crosses between a poodle and another purebred dog. You can find labradoodles (poodle and ...