You’ve probably heard that purebred dogs aren’t as healthy as mixed breeds. It sounds logical—more genetic diversity should mean fewer inherited problems.

Twenty-five dog breeds account for 60% of the purebred dogs enrolled in the Dog Aging Project. Credit: Aubree Herrold, Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences ...

Are Designer Dogs Healthier Than Their Purebred Parents? Recently a team of researchers from the Royal Veterinary College at Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom decided to test the claims of better ...

A pet parent doubting her purebred golden retriever turned to DNA tests for answers and was stunned when the results confirmed the truth, since her pup looks nothing like the typical teddy-bear golden ...

Like extraordinary fashion accessories, poodles with topiary cuts and tracts of shaved skin on legs and haunches trot alongside their owners. A spaniel in a shiny pink satin snood waits mournfully in ...

Have you noticed how many varieties of doodle and poo dogs are around nowadays? These are all deliberate hybrid crosses between a poodle and another purebred dog. You can find labradoodles (poodle and ...