
I’ve always had mixed-breed dogs – or mutts, mongrels, or bitsers, or whatever you want to call them.
I like to call them bitsers, because that’s what mine have been – bits of this, bits of that.
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I’ve never wanted to buy a purebred pup while there are dogs somewhere out there being put to death, just because their parents weren’t the same breed. And having had four mixed breed dogs – Pugwash, Bongo, Missy and Indy – I’d never have anything else. Here’s why:
1. Mixed-breed dogs have so much character.
While you know what you’re getting with a purebred dog (Labradors are ravenous and slightly gormless, Kelpies will destroy everything you hold dear if you don’t take them for 17 walks a day), mixed-breed dogs have a personality all their own. Every mutt I’ve known has been an absolute legend.
