"First Generation" Puggles.

[milos_mommy]

uggh. Saw a sign in a store window advertising Puggle puppies.

"First Generation."

Does that mean they bred their beagle to their pug ?!?

I think i'll find some local shelters with abandoned puggles and put up fliers for them.

 

[Laurelin]

Yes, the f1 generation is the cross. Usually in designer dogs that's as far as they go. When developing a breed, they will breed further down the line to get a standardized look. You rarely see F2+ generation designer dogs.

So yes, a F1 Puggle is the result of a beagle and a pug having babies.

 

[Lilavati]

With breeding fish, or some reptiles, first generation hybrids or first generation from the wild is a good thing and very desirable. The animals are healthier, and may show certain color traits, etc. But why a first generation designer mutt is a good thing, I have absolutely no idea. Dogs, not being fish or reptiles, can produce very unpredicatble results from a purebred mix, as the owners of mixes and mutts everywhere know. Looks like someone coming up with some idiotic statement that sounds good to the ignorant . . . sigh