Hi there!
My husband and I are hoping to adopt a dog in our next home (we are military, waiting for PCS) and are trying to do a little research in the time before then (we hope to move in the summer).
We are going to adopt a shelter dog, and just going by the shelters in our current area, there are some fantastic dogs needing homes, many of them mixes.
My question is this- if a dog is a mix from purebred parents, do you need to be concerned about health issues the parents have due to selective breeding, etc? This honestly hadn't even occurred to me but a friend of mine adopted a corgi-mix from a shelter and her poor dog has had a few issues, which they believe stem from the fact the parents may have been purebreds? Is this something we need to be concerned about/ask about?
Many of the dogs we are seeing are some sort of Pit mix. I'd heard these mixes were pretty healthy but honestly I'm hoping for some good advice from people who own mixes/know something about them.
Just to clarify: a dog being potentially prone to problems because of parent breeds would not necessarily put us off adopting them! We just want to be prepared in terms of vet insurance, etc and kind of know what to look for
Thank you!!! Any advice appreciated!
Rebecca
My husband and I are hoping to adopt a dog in our next home (we are military, waiting for PCS) and are trying to do a little research in the time before then (we hope to move in the summer).
We are going to adopt a shelter dog, and just going by the shelters in our current area, there are some fantastic dogs needing homes, many of them mixes.
My question is this- if a dog is a mix from purebred parents, do you need to be concerned about health issues the parents have due to selective breeding, etc? This honestly hadn't even occurred to me but a friend of mine adopted a corgi-mix from a shelter and her poor dog has had a few issues, which they believe stem from the fact the parents may have been purebreds? Is this something we need to be concerned about/ask about?
Many of the dogs we are seeing are some sort of Pit mix. I'd heard these mixes were pretty healthy but honestly I'm hoping for some good advice from people who own mixes/know something about them.
Just to clarify: a dog being potentially prone to problems because of parent breeds would not necessarily put us off adopting them! We just want to be prepared in terms of vet insurance, etc and kind of know what to look for
Thank you!!! Any advice appreciated!
Rebecca