Quote Originally Posted by Glacier
Well, she phrased it wrong and has her genetics messed up, but hybrid vigor is real and fairly well documented. There's more to it than just breeding any two mutts though!
Agreed.


Perhaps the rescue person got the same impression of your friend that you have, and was trying to find a "nice" way of discouraging her from going through the entire application/home visit process on the lab, only to be turned down in the end. Not the best way to do it, obviously.