Why do so many people post this myth? If that were true, Americans with our mixed ancestory 'melting pot' of genes should have no cancer, diabetes, arthritis, epilepsy, osteoporosis, etc. & yet we do...and so do mutt dogs!
When I worked for vets, at least it was predictable what health problems a dog may face by breed, and good breeders would screen to eliminate genetic defects from the gene pool. This is the reality: mutts have health problems as much as purebreds - they are just more random & therefore less predictable. That can actually be more of a problem, FYI.
2006-10-20
07:25:09
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mustanglynnie
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