Originally Posted by
jaycee
This I am posting just as a matter of interest in this thread .
Two dogs that I was familiar with came from a mixed breed both retrievers, Labrador Retriever and Golden Retriever, two pups from the same litter purchased by friends [cheaply].
One pup black in colour turned out to be an excellent retriever and water dog, also would hunt and lead it's owner to dead deer. It was for that owner his perfect dog.
The other pup litter mate , [yellow ]in colour and although was a better looking dog as it grew , turned out to be dumb as a stump. That owner tried everything he could do to teach it to retrieve or even get into the water , all turned out to be of no avail, that dog just turned out to be a door mat and just ran around chasing the kids and destroying things.
That dogs owner finally gave up and found the dog a good home and purchased a dog of known pedigree and was very happy.
Mixed breeds ? you never can tell what you get , could be the best of the two or the worst.