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okay, about the following story. i honestly don't get it. if these 'designer breeds' are not listed with the akc, they are mutts.
which means that people are breeding mutts on purpose.

according to a 1997 survey, there were 2,329,978 dogs in animal shelters, 27% of which were taken there by their owners.

56.4% of these dogs were euthanized.

please tell me, why are you adding to the problem by breeding mutts on purpose?

http://www.petpopulation.org/statsurvey.html