Recognizing Mixed Breed Dogs
November 19, 2010 by Paris Permenter and John Bigley
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Next week, the eyes of the country will turn to The National Dog Show Presented by Purina, televised on NBC right after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. An expected 20 million viewers will admire some of the world’s most spectacular dogs during the two-hour broadcast, which this year will feature the introduction of six breeds new to the show.
Recently we had the chance to talk with David Frei (and Mary Carillo, who will join Frei and John O’Hurley as she co-hosts the event for the first time.) We’ll be bringing you more of that interview in the coming days as we lead up to the National Dog Show but we wanted to start off with the first topic we talked about with David Frei: mixed breed dogs. (We had no choice in the matter…our two mixes of mixes were sitting on the couch with us during the phone interview!)
David Frei, who along with announcing the National Dog Show also serves as the voice of the Westminster Dog Show, said:
Every mixed breed dog has purebred dog behind him. There are a lot of purebred dogs that started as mixed breed dogs when hundreds of years ago someone decided they liked the way this dog hunted or that one retrieved. There are so many great mixed breed dogs.
While this purebred expert explains, “the best thing about purebred dogs is the predictability,” Frei’s own history with dogs began with those without a pedigree. “I never had a dog really as a kid growing up; I got a mixed breed dog when I was in college.”
As we all admire the purebred dogs in next week’s show, let’s don’t forget the mixed breed dogs out there–including many looking for homes in shelters and at rescues!
Photo courtesy The National Dog Show Presented by Purina
About Paris Permenter and John Bigley
DogTipper publishers Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of full-time writers. The couple has authored over two dozen books and 2,500+ magazine articles.
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