Cross Breeds

We were looking for a small dog, as we only have a small 2 bedroomed house. We liked the shih tzu but as my dad has a bichon fraise we liked the characteristics that she had, after lots of research we found a cross between the two, alot of people advised us against a cross breed due to illness etc, but we went to a proper breeder and bought a male puppy. He is a very strong and healthy little dog, who got a good medical report from the vet. I think that with cross breeds you get a good mix of both dogs and they develop their own little characteristics. The only problem with this being that when my puppy was and still is training you don't know which breed to train him ...  Read the complete review

As a sunset, it fades and another voice lifts like an oboe's sweet tones, this Teacher's voice drifts... "Protection, Service and Loyalty! My songs are as varied as my breed. Beloved by Divine, humble, and royalty... My great heart and spirit your love will feed, Yet nothing twixt Truth and Self should intercede!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This four part poem can be found in it's complete form under the first Teacher discussed, Wolves. Yes, this is another Bloody Long read! Take it in parts, give it a miss, or take it all in as you please. You've been notified. :) Wishing you ...  Read the complete review

Mongrel, mutt, cross, Heinz 57; whatever you call them, cross breeds are a rewarding dog to own. After wanting a labrador for years, my boyfriend and I went on a visit to the local dog's home. Whilst walking around I was stopped in my tracks by an enourmous black face peering out at me through the cage. His sad eyes looked at me as if begging me to take him home. He was obviously part labrador, but not a pedigree. To this day we don't know what he is crossed with, but we believe him to be half rottweiller. We had to wait a week or so before we could pick him up, but since then we have had the most amazing new addition to our family. He was house trained ...  Read the complete review

I have always wanted a dog and after my lovely white cat passed away i decided to get a dog for a change. He is called Whisky and he is very soppy and cute. He is a great pufter!! Constantly rolling on to his tummy for tickles! I have owned my beautiful labrador/collie cross for 2 and half years now and he is now come up to 4 years old. He is black alround with a white ghost on the front of his body and tiny little white socks. He has a large snout and wonderful big bold brown eyes which are irrestible for when he is beggin for food. Awww. ( see profile picture for photo). We got him from our local doggy home, diana brimblecombe. We chose him as he ...  Read the complete review

A year ago we looked into getting a new dog to join our family as we missed having a dog around. We looked into adoption but it wasn't viable as there would not be someone home all day everyday so we looked in the Friday ad each week at what dogs and puppies were available. Intially we wanted to get a dog around two years old that would already be housetrained but ended up getting side tracked by puppies. We had already discussed that we would ideally like a dog that was part Labrador or Retriever as they make good family pets, particularly with children around. However we didn't want a pedigree on the basis that they are more susceptible to various diseases ...  Read the complete review