1.   A gangling mixed breed of Labradors and mongrel hounds and terriers.

2.   An affectionate wiry mixed breed, Della alerted her to phones and doorbells and approaching cars and provided warm, loving companionship.

3.   Alfie, a mixed breed, was also recently adopted from a shelter.

4.   But consider mixed breeds, too.

5.   Consequently, Ciska, Benjamin, Garth, Nikki and Lakota, her mixed breed brood of pooches, will not be left in the lurch.

6.   For three weeks Tiffany Brown wore a locket containing a picture of her runaway dog, Sami, a female mixed breed.

7.   In some cases, mixed breed animals benefit from having parents with differing genetic backgrounds.

8.   Most of the dogs are German shepherds, but some are golden retrievers, Rottweilers and mixed breeds.

9.   Mixed breed pets suffer from the same shortcoming as their purebred counterparts.

10.   No pet lover calls a dog of mixed breed a mongrel anymore.