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Why Designer and Hybrid Dog Breeds Need Proper Registration: A Look at designerkennelclub.com
For years, the dog world was neatly divided. You had purebred dogs with long pedigrees, registered with major kennel clubs, and you had mixed-breed dogs that were simply called mutts. That clean split has blurred, and it started with something unexpected: the Labradoodle. When breeders first crossed a Labrador Retriever with a Poodle, they were not trying to create a new designer breed. They wanted a hypoallergenic guide dog. What they got was a phenomenon that cracked open