Definition of Mixed and Cross breed pets - opinions please!

[Giselle]

I think of mixed breeds and cross breeds as the same thing. They are all after all more than one breed MIXED together. Designer dogs are just that too. Mixed breeds. NOTHING special about them.

I agree. Ivy is exactly Doberman/Lab. She is a MIXED breed. I know many designer dogs. I call them Poodle MIXES, Chihuahua MIXES, etc.

Crossbreeds = Mixed breeds. I've never heard of "blend breeds" and I quite honestly don't ever want to hear it again It'll only perpetuate the notion that mixes somehow poof into actual breeds by man's whim.

[cloverfdx]

Crossbreed to me is a dog/pup with two purebrebred parents of different breeds. Mixed/ mutt, unknown heritage...more than two breeds .