Mixed-breed dogs are generally considered to be healthier than purebreds - but that is not true for the popular "designer dogs" like the Labradoodle and Cockapoo, recent research appears to show. "The ...

In the pit of existential despair that was March, many of us spent considerable time panic-buying on the internet: flour, hand sanitizer, yeast, Scrabble, beard trimmers—and puppies. Just as with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Slink aside, labradoodle. The puggle – a pug-beagle mix – has vaulted to the top of the designer-doggy A-list. “I’d never heard of people mixing pugs with ...

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 ...

As designer-dog prices climb into the thousands, shelters are absorbing the costly fallout of a trend built on unchecked demand and misleading claims. Designer dog breeding has reshaped the canine ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. Pugs are often bred with beagles to offset the hound’s escape-and-roam ...

Nov. 14, 2005 — -- The "puggle," a cross between a beagle and a pug, has become so trendy, David Barber boasts, that a list of proud new owners of the designer dog sounds like an Oscar night ...

If there’s a bundle of puppy love under the tree this Christmas, there’s a good chance it will have floppy ears, a hyperkinetic, curly tail and a catchy name: puggle. The designer dogs, offspring of a ...

National Pet Day is a holiday many Americans can take part in. According to one industry estimate, 70% of U.S. households own a pet, with another estimate saying nearly 70 million households own at ...

For many, the answer is yes. Designer dogs come with a huge price tag — some even cost way more than AKC-recognized purebred pups — but that hasn’t slowed their popularity. The short answer is that a ...

Get to know the four-legged (and three-legged) pooches of Isaac Mizrahi, Victoria Beckham and more The fashion force and host of The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection is busy, busy, busy – especially ...

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 ...