do "mutts" live longer than Prue breeds (ie , rot/lab mix vs. a rot and a lab?)?

Answer 1

I believe they do.

Purebred dogs are prone to illnesses such as hip displaysia, bloating and they tend to age quicker, due to the inbreeding to keep the breed pure.

Mutts have the best of both worlds, they can look very close to pure bred, but without all the issues normaly associated with purebred dogs. They are much heartier.

Answer 2

I am not in favour of random people, breeding random mutts and giving them stupid names for no reason other than money - but, I will answer the question lol! Most existing breeds were originally created by crossing various breeds that existed in history. A "breed" is a line of dogs that share a number of common characteristics, both in terms of genetics and phenotype. When you cross two existing breeds it is a lottery - you never know what you are going to get. Some of the offspring may look like one breed, some like the other, some like a mix of both and some like neither. The first step would be to breed a number of F1 crosses. From these F1s you would then select only the individuals with the characteristics that you want to breed from. However, these will still not "breed true". So you would mate your F1s to get a second generation and repeat the process - only selecting the dogs with the characteristics that you want. Over many, many generations certain characteristics should start to show up in all offspring. Eventually, all the dogs of this "breed" will have the same characteristics, and will produce offspring that also meet the same standard. The problem with creating new breeds, is that you have to breed a huge number of animals (with widely varying characteristics) to get to that point - which in my opinion is inexcusable giving the current overpopulation. I also fail to see why we need more breeds, we have plenty as it is. As you say, the breeders of old created breeds for a specific purpose - be that herding, guarding, or simply companionship. We now have a plethora of breeds, each suited to a certain type of owner or lifestyle or work. I do not believe we need any more breeds simply because we already have plenty, there really is a dog to suit any situation. I also do not believe that the breeders of these "designer dogs" are doing it right anyway. For a start - they are not actually trying to create a new, better breed for a specific purpose - they are just breeding dogs with stupid names to sell to people with more money than sense. Secondly, for these mutts to become a breed would take a very specific, well thought out and executed breeding programme - hence would require at least some sort of breed club to assign a "standard" and implement the appropriate breeding strategy. Strict records would also need to be kept, of pedigrees etc. Seeing as most of these breeders are "stand alone" people, usually with no idea of what they are doing, the designer dogs we are seeing now will never become recognised breeds.

Answer 3

No, Rot/Lab/German Sherpard mixes don't live much longer than 12 years.

My family friend have rot/German Sherpards dogs, unfourntely, most mixes from this kind of combination of dogs tend to live similar to Rottiweller's life span because Lab and German Shepards dogs will inhert Rottiweller's hip diseases and knee diseases and tend to get arthritis between 8 to 9 years old because Rottiweller's genes are much stronger. (German Sherpards and Lab have similiar characterics ) excuse my spelling, i'm tired and can't sleep LOL... and unfourntely my family friend's dog has passed away from a terrible cancer tumor last year and it was unexpectedly because prior to that event she was doing much better with meds.

Sorry to bear the bad news but they're beautiful but better if a person or a family trains it well and they'll get along well with children and take it to the vet often to ensure the mix dog will be cleared from rottiweller's genes or diseases. That what my family friend did.

good luck :) smile

Answer 4

Dogs are dogs. About the only time one out lives the other is when imbreeding occurs. Other than that, it really depends on how well your dog is taken care of. I have known pure breeds to live 15 or 20 years and a "heinz 57"(57 different breeds in one) as we call them to live just as long. It all really depends on how well a dog is taken care of.

Answer 5

Not really, generally speaking. The dogs life expectancy is determined partly by genetics and partly by how well you take care of him/her-food, grooming, exercise, vet checups fight the hard illnesses etc. My shepard mixes lived to be 16 1/2 years old which is a bit rare but it came down to love, and the university of PA vet school doctors.

Answer 6

Not really. A dogs health and how long they live depends on how well their owners keep up with the proper vet care needs of their dogs. All dogs are the same species regardless of the breed and all need to recieve the proper health care to insure a healthy and happy life. BUT you must keep in mind that the key is to keep routine visits to the your dogs vet. This will insure to catch any potential health problems before they become an even bigger problem and cause serious health problems for your dog. .

Answer 7

My "Rot-n-Lab" has more than his share of health issues (IE: hip dysplasia, skin allergies and that horrid smelling ear infection) but he is, by far the VERY best dog I've ever owned!

Answer 8

No. A LabXRott mix is prone to the health issues of both breeds, so they are not healthier because they are now not "purebreeds". Maybe a true "Heinz 57" is healthiere, but a CROSSbreed is not.

Answer 9

Yes they do.
A purebred dog is more likely to get sick than a mixed dog. And by the way, if you get a rot/lab mix, ur gonna have one heck of a good dog.

Answer 10

I don't think so, If thats the case, a lot of human beings would be dead!! lol