Note that mutts, or “mixed breed” pups, are not the same as purposefully crossbred dogs, such as the labradoodle or puggle. Contrarily, if you have a complex mixed-breed dog, meaning the dog is made up of numerous breeds (such as those whose parents were also mutts), then this is much more difficult to predict (enter the mystery egg analogy here). If the mutt is a simple mixed-breed dog, meaning comprised of only a handful of breeds, you’ll have a better idea of what their personality and physicality will be like as they get older. Mutts can have floppy tails or curly tails, perky ears or droopy ears, large frames or small frames, broad snouts or small snouts, and so on. Their appearance usually runs the same sort of gamut.
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They can be shy, goofy, crazy intelligent, aloof, quiet, loud - you name it. Mutt Personalities, Physical DescriptionsĪs you might have guessed, mutts display a wide range of personalities and physical characteristics, and ultimately, their temperament depends on the mixture of breeds they possess. Here’s more about the varied temperaments and physical characteristics of mutts, and reasons why a mutt may very well be the dog you’ve been looking for your whole life. In a way, they’re kind of like one of those mystery eggs you get around Easter where you have no idea what it will contain, but you know it’s going to be good. There’s something inherently lovable and endearing about “mutts” - aka dogs who are a mixture of breeds versus purebred.
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Mutt was used by 1898 of a dog, especially a stupid one, and perhaps this is the same word formed independently ( muttonhead also was used of stupid animals), or else a separate word of unknown derivation. 1901, "stupid or foolish person," probably a shortening of muttonhead (1803) in the same sense see mutton and compare meathead, etc.