Or there could be a random exchange of genetic material resulting in the cross producing a Great Dane with three heads. This may be undesirable.
From this recent thread:
What happened? Did he suddenly develop horrendous allergies? :dubious:
Which is why I said
. I never said that they absolutely will be.
One of the reasons my “pet quality” cocker is only pet quality is because he only looks like a true blond cocker (an ASCOB – “any solid color other than black”) but when you look closer you see he is not solid blond but is parti-colored blond and white – not an ASCOB. So he’s not show quality, part-colored blonds being not valued because for parti-colored cockers you want black/white or brown/white or red/white – high contrast in the colors so that the two colors really show. Parti-blond is not enough parti and not enough blond. And he would never breed ASCOB blond or high-contrast parti, so for “show quality” breeding he was essentially worthless. Even though he is pure-bred and technically meets the breed standards, he does not have the cosmetic appearance considered desireable in the breed. If the breeder had not been able to sell him as pet quality, he probably would have been turned in to a shelter. And for what? Being the wrong color.
I have two pure bred cockers so I realize there’s more than a whiff of hypocrisy here, but I do think the whole “pure bred, show quality” thing is largely BS, and I do NOT think that forced breeding to create new breeds should be encouraged.
His allergy to mites affect him, not us living in an apartment. I don’t get why you are :dubious: My point in the other thread was that it isn’t a problem living with a larger bredd in an apartment. In this thread we’re talking about genetics and I just pointed out that his genetic disposition to allergy has cost me a lot of money.
Kudo’s dopers!
The info posted pretty much answers my OP. However, it begs a follow-up question:
So we breed our cute little puggles and we get a litter that is a genetic and visual mess. Is every puppy in the litter a similar genetic mess are are they a wide variety of dissimilar messes? I suppose this has to do with whether they are fraternal or identical (as in twins).
Again, I’m asking you to fight my genetic ignorance. Thanks in advance.
My dog also had a genetic disposition to allergies.
Two of my dogs (westies) have had allergies. My male had terrible allergies and was allergic to everything. He’d get shots and medication that helped somewhat.
My female I suspect has an allergy to mites but so far I’ve been able to keep it under control. What are you doing for your dog? Is he on any kind of medication?
The puppies in a litter are generally different, and may, in an unsupervised mating, even have different fathers. So you won’t get the same results with all of them. And the individual puppies won’t necessarily be messes, it’s just the whole set of outcomes that’s messy: Some of them might look almost like puggles, and some of them might even be cuter (in their own way) than puggles. Of course, some might also look mostly like pugs, or mostly like poodles, or get the worst traits of both, or anything else at all.
I don’t know. How often do you run into one of those, even if you are in the trade? 
Every time I see this thread my head reads it as “Breeding muggles with puggles”.
A Voldemort eugenics experiment?
Mites are tough, since we live in a mild and wet climate (=perfect for mites). He gets steroids and antihistamins in low doses, which keeps everything at an ok level. My vet has adviced against the shots. I have also a strong regime when it comes to his food. I keep the kibble in a freezer, wrapped in plastic bags (individual servings), since mites can thrive on kibble. Washing the lining of his basket often, helps as well.